The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . dy, and,unhappily for the general, he had eaten a very hearty breakfast, by whichthe stomach was distended, and the ball, as the surgeon said, had passedthrough it. I often heard him exclaim, with a sigh, * 0 fatal ambition!Poor General Burgoyne ! 0 my dear wife ! He was asked if he had anyrequest to make, to which he replied, that, if General Burgoyne wouldpermit it, he should like to be buried at six oclock in the evening, on thetop of a mount, in a redoubt which had been built there. 100 THE HUDSON. General Fraser died at eight oclock the followi
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . dy, and,unhappily for the general, he had eaten a very hearty breakfast, by whichthe stomach was distended, and the ball, as the surgeon said, had passedthrough it. I often heard him exclaim, with a sigh, * 0 fatal ambition!Poor General Burgoyne ! 0 my dear wife ! He was asked if he had anyrequest to make, to which he replied, that, if General Burgoyne wouldpermit it, he should like to be buried at six oclock in the evening, on thetop of a mount, in a redoubt which had been built there. 100 THE HUDSON. General Fraser died at eight oclock the following morning, and wasburied in the redoubt upon the hill at six oclock that evening, accordingto his desire.* It was just at sunset, on a mild October evening, whenthe funeral procession moved slowly up the hill, bearing the body of thegallant dead. It was composed of only the members of his own militaryfamily, the commanding generals, and Mr. Brudoncll, the chaplain; yetthe eyes of hundicds of both armies gazed upon the scene. The Americans,. keilsons house, bemiss heights. ignorant of the true character of the procession, kept up a constant can-nonade upon the redoubt, toward -which it was moving. Undismayed,the companions of Fraser buried him just as the evening shadows cameon. Before the impressive burial services of the Anglican Church -wereended, the irregular firing ceased, and the solemn voice of a single canon,at measured intervals, boomed along the valley, and awakened responsesfrom the hills. It was a minute-gun, fired by the Americans in honour * The redoubt was upon the middle one of the three liilla seen in the picture of Biu-goynesencampment. THE IIlDROS. 101 of the accomplished soldier. When information reached the Kepublicansthat the gatherinR at tho rtnloubt was a funeral company, fulfilling thewinhes of a bruve officer, the cannonade with balls instantly ceased. Other gallant Uritish officers were severely wounded on that day; oneof these was the accomplishtil
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