. A brief history of the United States . General WilliamHull accordingly crossed over from Detroit and encampedon Canadian soil. While preparing to attack Fort Maiden(maiil-den), he learned that the enemy were gathering ingreat force, and had already captured Fort Mackinaw. He,therefore, retreated to Detroit. The British under GeneralBrock and the Indians under Tecumseh followed thither,and landing, advanced at once to assault the fort at thatplace. The garrison was in line, and the gunners werestanding with lighted matches awaiting the order to fire,when Hull, apparently unnerved by the fear
. A brief history of the United States . General WilliamHull accordingly crossed over from Detroit and encampedon Canadian soil. While preparing to attack Fort Maiden(maiil-den), he learned that the enemy were gathering ingreat force, and had already captured Fort Mackinaw. He,therefore, retreated to Detroit. The British under GeneralBrock and the Indians under Tecumseh followed thither,and landing, advanced at once to assault the fort at thatplace. The garrison was in line, and the gunners werestanding with lighted matches awaiting the order to fire,when Hull, apparently unnerved by the fear of bloodshed,ordered the white flag—a table-cloth—to be raised. Amidthe tears of his men, it is said, and without even stipulatingfor the honors of war, he surrendered not only Detroit, withits garrison and stores, but the whole of Michigan. * Madison, whose disposition was very pacific, hesitated so long, that one of thefederalists declared in Congress that he could not be kicked iutp a fight. Thi*expression passed into a m*
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