A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . ritory of Michigan,passed into the hands of the enemy. , XIV. Hulls conduct, two years after, underwent ex-amination by a court-martial, and though he was acquitted oftreason, the court pronounced him guilty of cowardice, andhe was sentenced to be shot; but, in consideration of his ageand revolutionary services, the sentence was remitted byPresident Madison. Hulls* conduct was severely criticisedat the time, as well as in after years; but a series of
A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . ritory of Michigan,passed into the hands of the enemy. , XIV. Hulls conduct, two years after, underwent ex-amination by a court-martial, and though he was acquitted oftreason, the court pronounced him guilty of cowardice, andhe was sentenced to be shot; but, in consideration of his ageand revolutionary services, the sentence was remitted byPresident Madison. Hulls* conduct was severely criticisedat the time, as well as in after years; but a series of letterswhich he published in 1824, and a volume which appeared ata still later period, together form a complete vindication ofhis surrender, as regards either the charge of treason or cow-ardice. XV. During the year1812 a second invasionof Canada was made inanother quarter. Onthe morning of the 13thof October, Colonel Sol-omon Van Rensselaer[van-ren-se-ler), with adetachment of only twohundred and twenty-five men, crossed theNiagara River to stormthe heights of Queens-town. The command-er having been severelywounded at the landing, * William Hull was born in Connecticut, in 1753. He was in the battles of White Plains, Trenton,Trinceton, Bemis Heights, Saratoga, Monmouth, and Stony Point ; and in all of them fought with coura^ death occurred in Massachusetts, in 1825. XIV. Questions.—38. To what was HuHs conduct afterward subjected? sentence was pronounced upon him ? 40. Why was not the sentence exe-cuted? 41. How Avas Hulls conduct subsequently regarded ? XV. 42. At what place did the second invasion of Canada occur? 43. Describethe events that took place on the morning of the 13th of October. 44. What town,in New York, is opposite Quecnstown ? (See map, p. 215.) 216 MADISON S ADMINISTRATION. his troops, led by Captains Oa:ilvie and Wool, gal-lantly moved forward, carried a British battery, andgained the heights. XVI. The enemy, re-enforced by several hu
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