The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . - graduates of the Military Academy whowon latirels in the war of 1812, none stood higher in the goodopinions of those with M-honi they served than Lieut. ColonelEleazer D. Wood, who graduated in the class of 1806, and waspromoted a second lieutenant in the U. S. Corps of was employed until 1813 mostly in the construction offortifications for the defense of certain seaports, but \-eryearly in that year he reported to General Harrison asassistant to the Chief of Engineers (Captain Gratiot, U. S.
The centennial of the United States Military academy at West Point, New York1802-1902 . - graduates of the Military Academy whowon latirels in the war of 1812, none stood higher in the goodopinions of those with M-honi they served than Lieut. ColonelEleazer D. Wood, who graduated in the class of 1806, and waspromoted a second lieutenant in the U. S. Corps of was employed until 1813 mostly in the construction offortifications for the defense of certain seaports, but \-eryearly in that year he reported to General Harrison asassistant to the Chief of Engineers (Captain Gratiot, U. ). On account of Captain Gratiots ill health,. BATTLE OF MAUMEE, 1S14. Sen/crs of Graduates in the War of iSi2. 591 Captain Wood was virtually chief engineer of the army of theNorthwest throughout the campaign of 1813. General Har-rison was then meditating an attack upon the British andtheir savage allies at INIalden, but after the disaster on theRiver Raisin, where General Winchesters unaiithorized andotherwise remarkable operations ended in his being surprised,defeated, and captured, together with a thousand of our besttroops, General Harrison was reduced to the defensive, theenemv having a decided superiority on land and completecontrol of the lakes and their navigable tributaries. Thegeneral fell back at first to the Portage River, a distance of18 miles; but, being reinforced, returned in a few daA-s, not-withstanding his inferior strength, and took post accordingto his original design at the Rapids of the Maumee, themost eligible position to cover the frontier and threatenDetroit and the enemj-s headquarters at Maiden. On the
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