. The new eclectic history of the United States . Impressment of Seamen. Aug. 16, WAR OF l8l2. 223 taken by Indians about the same time, and its garrison wereeither murdered or made prisoners. General Hull was tried bycourt-martial and sen-tenced to be shot as a coward, but the Pres- rz ;~~- _ _ ..3 ident spared his life. ,^^^^„__ ^3±**m- 371. The invasion ofCanada by GeneralVan Rensselears com-mand was less humiliat-ing, but scarcely moresuccessful. Crossing Niag-ara River, his men drove the Fort Dearborn. enemy from their position on Queenstown Heights, and mighthave held the post if
. The new eclectic history of the United States . Impressment of Seamen. Aug. 16, WAR OF l8l2. 223 taken by Indians about the same time, and its garrison wereeither murdered or made prisoners. General Hull was tried bycourt-martial and sen-tenced to be shot as a coward, but the Pres- rz ;~~- _ _ ..3 ident spared his life. ,^^^^„__ ^3±**m- 371. The invasion ofCanada by GeneralVan Rensselears com-mand was less humiliat-ing, but scarcely moresuccessful. Crossing Niag-ara River, his men drove the Fort Dearborn. enemy from their position on Queenstown Heights, and mighthave held the post if he had been re-enforced; but the com-mander of the New York militia refused to leave that State,and thouerh Colonel Scott 3 and his men fouerht ° ° October 13. bravely, they were forced to surrender themselves as prisoners of war. General Brock fell in the first action. 372. Naval Victories.—These losses on land were compensatedby brilliant victories on the sea. The American navy had foryears been so neglected that it could hardly be said to what was wanting in mater
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