The 5th Blockhouse ,

 

The Kentucky troops under Pogue, Barbee and Jennings had been on active duty since  Aug. 28, 1812.  Their 6 month term of enlistment was due to expire on Feb. 28, 1813. The problem was, most of the men didn't want to go home yet.  They'd traveled nearly170 miles to fight the enemy and most hadn't even seen one yet.  

Headquarters, Miami Rapids 21st January 1813 Sir:             Understanding that your regiment is desirous to come on to headquarters to participate in the glory which their comrades are about to acquire by restoring the credit of the American arms, I must that you request to them the following proposition.  They shall nor or upon the conditions of their agreeing to serve for one month after their period of service expires.  If they agree to this proposal, you can with all but one company proceed to join the army as soon as you can obtain the necessary transportation.  The company you leave must be placed in the Fort built by you.   Should your men agree to this proposition you will be pleased to make each company sign an agreement to that affect.  If a battalion or even a single company only can be brought to submit to this extension of their service, the battalion company or companies so agreeing, may be sent on.  The company which remains in garrison at Fort Jennings will be discharged at the end of six months.  Should no whole company agree to serve in the manner proposed, you will assemble the officers and give them permission to engage men from the companies indiscriminately formed into your companies and sent on.  In short sit your patriotism is appreciated to upon this occasion to furnish me with as many men as possible from your regiment for an additional month service.  Employ the most popular officers to insure the men to engage do everything in your power to forward the business.                                                             I am respectfully your Humble servant                                                             William Henry Harrison

Regimental Order From Pogue To Botts
Feb. 28, 1813

Pogue's Letter to His Regimental Paymaster 

Feb. 28, 1813

Col. Pogue was at Fort Meigs on this date.  

Mar 13, 1813  Saturday

Pogue had returned to Cincinnati by this date and while there he wrote the following letter to his Paymaster

George Botts giving him instructions on how to pay the men in his regiment the money due them.

Sir, General Harrison in his order discharging the Regiment under my command directed that ­­­­­­in case you should not be able to procure from the district paymaster the sums necessary to pay off the regiment before its “dissolution” the payments will be made by you at the Court Houses of the several counties of which due notice must be given, and it appearing that a sum sufficient in_______can’t be got for that purpose. 

You are therefore ordered to proceed on to Washington, in Mason County Kentucky With the six thousand dollars you have got and there pay Captain Dowden and company, the payments due them up to the 30^th  [of November] and then to the end of the service, and as soon [as the balance] balance of the money can be obtained to pay off the Regiment.  You will after given notice, attend at the Court House in Bourbon County and pay Captain Kennedy and company, and at the Court House in Fleming County and pay Captains Belt and Matthews and companies and at the most suitable places in Mason County and there pay Captain McKee’s and Baker and companies.  Also you are not to consider yourself discharged until the whole Regiment is fully paid off.

Captain Thompson Wards company received their pay at the courthouse in Paris (known then as Hopewell) Kentucky.  At the time, the old courthouse sat on the same site as the modern day courthouse at 310 Main st. Paris, Ky.

Last Order of Business, Turning in His Expense Account

Pogue was doing what most “managers” do when they return from a “business trip,” preparing an expense account.   His involved request for re-imbursement for money he spent for his servant David’s services while on active duty.  Pogue was paid approximately 22 cents a day for David’s services and the total amount due him was $44.90. His expense account form read:

“Robert Pogue Lt. Col. Comm.4^th Regiment Ky. Vol. Militia

For:      The pay of David, a private servant not of the line or militia from the 27^th day of August, 1812 to the 18^th March 1813, being 6 months and twenty three days at $6.66 per month.  ($44.90).I certify on honor that the above account is accurate and just, and that I employed and kept in service, a servant not of the line of the army or militia for the term above charged, and that I didn’t during the time herein charge, keep or employ as a waiter or servant any soldier from the line of the army or militia

Robert Pogue, Comm. 4^th Rgt. Ky M. Vol”.

Mar. 18, 1813   Thursday                                Weather still warm, & rainy

Thursday was a warm windy day with an intermittent rain.  While one group of men continued digging the trench for the stockade walls, another went into the woods to cut down trees for pickets. The bark was sometimes stripped off the logs to make it more difficult to set fire to them.  Another group began dismantling some of the unused cabins along the northwest wall and cutting the logs into 15 foot lengths.  When placed in the 3 foot trench, the wall height would have been approximately 12 feet high.    

Mar. 19, 1813   Friday                                                This morning Snowing

The fluctuation in the weather was taking its toll on the men.  At morning muster two men reported too sick to work.  The other men in the company continued working on the trench while the others went back into the woods to garrison to gather firewood for the garrison.      

Mar. 20, 1813   Saturday                                Weather moderate, but cloudy            

            The men worked on the wall that day.  While one group dug the trench, another followed behind, setting logs in place, backfilling then tamping the dirt around the base to secure it in place.

Mar. 21, 1813   Sunday                  Clear and pleasant

  At morning roll call, Schillinger read another section of the Articles of War[2] to the men.  After breakfast they practiced a few military maneuvers and then were dismissed for the rest of the day.  Sgt. Broadwell who had gone to Ft. Meigs two weeks earlier returned that day with the welcome news that all was well at Meigs. 

Mar 22, 1813  Monday                                   Weather moderate, but Cloudy

Around 1 o’clock that afternoon Col. Mills, Commandant of the First Regiment of Ohio Militia and Col. Orr, Deputy Commissary General arrived at the fort.  It was a routine visit for Col. Mills but Orr’s visit was to insure that the garrison was receiving all the supplies it needed for its operations.

The Fifth Blockhouse

Mar 23, 1813  Tuesday                       Morning hours were pleasant but rain in the afternoon

A work party assigned to dismantle another cabin on the northwest wall and cut up the logs for use in the wall.   By this date the wall on the southwest side of the fort had been extended 132 feet.  Attentions now turned to building a new blockhouse at the extreme northwest point of the new wall.  This would be the sentry blockhouse or as Schillinger referred to it, the “picket blockhouse.”  The new blockhouse would be the smallest of the five, 2 stories high but only 13 feet square.

 Mar 24, 1813  Wednesday                 Weather cold & cloudy

It was cold and cloudy that day and despite the miserable weather and the mud, men continued digging trench for the new stockade wall on the riverside of the fort.  Another cabin was dismantled and the logs were cut to thirteen foot lengths and notched so they could start being stacked upon each other to form the walls of the new blockhouse.  

The Fort Amanda “Hospital”

Mar. 25, 1813  Thursday                                          Cold freezing weather & cloudy

March 25th was a very cold and cloudy day.  At roll call, two men reported sick, no surprise since the men had been working for days in the cold weather wearing sweat soaked clothing.  If a soldier’s illness was considered contagious, he could either be confined to the forts “hospital” or if he suffered from a more serious illness or injury sent to St. Marys for treatment, sent home to recuperate, or even discharged from service.

For years it’s been assumed the “hospital” was a large building located in the center of the fort.  That thought probably stemmed from fact that there are a large number of graves of unknown soldiers across the ravine northwest of the fort.  I propose that the “hospital” was nothing more than a cabin dedicated specifically to house men who were ill.  As for the large number of graves of soldiers, I believe those to be symbolic only and not actual gravesites.  I will cover that later on. 

That was quick

The new picket blockhouse was almost completed. While one group worked on cutting the holes in the walls, another cut rib poles and shingles for the roof.  The roofs of the cabins and blockhouses were made of wooden shingles.   Shingles were made by sawing trees two to three feet into diameter into four foot lengths and squaring off on the ends.   Saw cuts were made across the top of the log and a wedge driven down into the slits and struck with a mallet.  If done correctly, the wood would split the length of the log making a four foot long shingle which were then put into place and held in place by smaller logs called weight poles.

Weight poles (small trees) running horizontally and vertically holding wooden shingles in place

When finished, the new picket blockhouse was a two story structure thirteen feet square and twenty feet high. The interior of both the upper and lower rooms was approximately twelve feet by twelve feet.  Because the logs for the structure were only 13 feet long, it is unlikely there was any overhang and the structure was simply a square 2 story tower.  

A 1 story blockhouse (Ft. Western) Augusts, Maine

Ceiling Height?  Ramrod Clearance

The lower section of the blockhouse, like the cabins probably had a dirt floor.  While hewn wood floors wasn’t uncommon, there was always the problem of splinters.  The most important measurement in the blockhouse was the distance from the floor to the ceiling which would have been at least 9 feet. Nine feet was the amount of height needed for a man to stand upright load his musket by inserting and retrieve his ramrod and not have to bend over which could have created problems especially if there was an accidently firing of his weapon.   The same held true for the second level with nine feet between the floor and the roof.  

 Mar. 26, 1813  Friday                                    Cold & Cloudy            

  The weather remained cold and overcast that day.  Capt. Hosbrook was ill again so he spent most of the day in his cabin.  With work on the smokehouse completed, the next order of business was to build sheds to store supplies.  The With work finished on the new blockhouse, the men were set to work building sheds for the flour and other materials so those cabins could be used for quarters.  

Sheds were very crude, sturdy structures resembling stalls.  They were generally three sided structures for easy access.  Several of these were built along the new southwest wall extension of the fort.

 

Open Sheds Lined the Walls

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[1] The old courthouse in Washington, Mason County was built in 1793 by master stonemason and Baptist minister Lewis Craig.  It was built out of native limestone and was 50 feet long by 23 feet wide; 2 ft. thick walls; cupola for a bell sat atop a 25 ft. octagonal tower topped by a weathervane and gilded ball.  It was stuck by lightening in 1909 and burned to its foundations. 

[2] Articles of War were a body of laws and legal proceedings governing the United States Army.  Similar to today’s Code of Conduct. 

Enlarging the Fort Size - Dealing with Deserters

Enlarging Ft. Amanda

Deserters

Mar. 6, 1813 - Saturday           Cold and cloudy

The first order of business that morning was to find the deserters from Capt. Seton’s company.  Before the search party left, Schillinger gave the sergeant leading the group a letter to “take to my wife. 

Authors note:

Schillinger asking the sergeant to “take,” not mail a letter to his wife implies that the search party would be going south toward Cincinnati, rather than north toward Ft. Winchester.  Because the deserters already had a 2 or 3 day head start, the expectation was that the men would reach their home in Clermont County before the search party could intercept them, therefore there was no real sense of urgency as the search party would simply arrest them at their homes.  As it turns out, they did.

The men drew their rations, collected mail from some of the other soldiers and left Amanda shortly after breakfast.

Ft. Amanda Construction – Phase II

The Plan

When the Ohio troops arrived at Ft. Amanda they found a post 198 feet x 198 feet (3 chains x 3 chains) with (4) 2 story blockhouses, one in each corner, cabins lining the wall running parallel to the Auglaize and along the northwest wall sheds and storage buildings and 2 gates, one in the northwest wall and the other in the southeast wall leading to the ramp.

Cabins

Open Shed

Shed

Blockhouse
Note gun ports cut into walls

Forts Amanda, Jennings and Logan were all boat building sites at the time and because of its location as the primary debarkation point to the navigable waters of the Auglaize, the decision was made to modify the site from merely a boat building site, to a major supply depot.  To do that, the fort needed to be enlarged.

 This would be done by extending the existing southwest wall and northeast walls 132 feet (two chains) to the northwest.   A new northwest wall would then be built to join the two extended walls. 

The first order of business was to dismantle and move the gate in the northwest wall and fasten its hangings to the side of the westdblockhouse in the southwest wall.  Instead of opening to the northwest, it would now open to the southwest.  To accomplish this, they needed to dismantle it, move it and

This would be the starting point for the extension of the southwest wall.  Next cabins and the northwest wall would also need to be dismantled so the logs could be used for the new stockade walls.  Before any of this could happen, repairs needed to be done to the west blockhouse before the gate could be attached.   

 Before the gate could be fastened to the blockhouse wall the some repairs needed to be made.  The west blockhouse normally would have served as a picket or lookout post but because it was being used to store flour, the windows and portholes had not yet been cut in the walls.  The men spent most of the day Saturday removing the flour from the upper and lower rooms of and placing it in sheds and in some of the vacant cabins.   

Chef Schillinger

In 1813, soldiers ate in “messes,” usually a group of six with someone either dedicated as the cook for his group or the men took turns preparing the meal. The meals were often communal meaning the soldiers shared ingredients and cooked their meat, soups, etc together in a common pot.  Officers typically had their own mess groups so Schillinger probably took his meals with Hosbrook and Davis while the sergeants and corporals ate together as did the privates in separate mess groups. 

On a number of occasions, Schillinger referred to “the cook,” or “our cook,” implying that one particular individual was assigned to cook all the meals for his mess group.  Because the cook for Schillinger’s group was ill that day, he being the low man on the proverbial totem pole, (lowest ranking officer) the task fell to him to cook for his mess group.   In his journal, he wrote, “I had to cook supper” rather than “I cooked supper,” which makes one wonder if he wasn’t very happy with this temporary assignment. 

Not As Easy As It Sounds

Starting a fire cooking fire outdoors in 1813 required only a small amount of skill but a great deal of patience, especially on wet or windy days.  The common stick match as we know it today hadn’t been invented yet and wouldn’t be for another 14 years, (1827) so Schillinger had to rely on the old tried and true method called, “flint and steel.” 

Each soldier carried his own fire starter kit containing a small piece of steel, a chunk of flint and some dry tinder, usually a piece of charred linen, silk or even dried fungus. To create the spark, the individual held the piece of flint in one hand and with a downward stroke, struck it with the piece of metal causing a spark to fall down onto the dry tinder.  Once the tinder caught fire, twigs or small pieces of wood were placed on it and increasingly larger pieces added until the fire was large enough to cook on.  

Mar. 7, 1813 Sunday                                      Cold and cloudy

Sunday was normally a day of rest for soldiers but this Sunday was going to be a busy day and because so much needed to be done, Hosbrook had the men hold their parade at sunrise.[1]  After breakfast, they were lectured on how to perform guard duty and the consequences of falling asleep on guard duty and the punishments for deserting.  Hosbrook reminded the men that the British were still in full force to the north and that some of the Indians, particularly the younger ones in the village of Wapukanati[2] eight miles to the south were sympathetic with the British and its ally, the famous warrior, Tecumseh.  Apparently the warning fell on deaf ears.  Before their tour of duty was over, there would be cases of guards sleeping on duty and desertions from all the forts along the Auglaize, including Ft. Amanda.

 Mar. 8, 1813  Monday                       Cold and cloudy in the morning

  It was cold and overcast that day.  All the flour had been removed from the west blockhouse and the men had begun repairing or replacing the missing chinking between the logs. The hinges for the new entrance gate had been removed and the carpenters were busy installing them on the side on the west blockhouse while another dug holes for the support structure of the gate frame.   

Authors Note:  Because the trees used for construction were not always perfectly straight, when laid one on top of the other there could be gaps between them.  And since most were “green” they gap grew even larger once the wood began to dry out.  To compensate, mud mixed with horsehair could be stuffed between the logs acting as a sort of plaster.  As it dried out, it needed to be replaced.

  

 Early that afternoon, twenty year old Lt. William Ogden[3] and twelve privates arrived at Amanda on their way to join Seton’s company at Ft. Winchester. They originally planned to go by boat but because the river had frozen over, they decided to move on by foot.  Two members of the group remained behind; one who was very ill and another was too lame to walk.  

General Harrison’s personal courier Major William Oliver[4] came to the fort and brought news that their Shawnees allies at Wapakoneta had spotted five Pottawattami lurking in the woods between their village and Ft. Amanda.    

 Mar. 9, 1813  Tuesday                       Clear and pleasant at sunrise                

The clouds had cleared and despite the cold chill in the air, the weather was quite pleasant for the season.  Schllinger, being officer of police that day, supervised the removal of large quantities of meat from the south blockhouse. Like the west blockhouse, the chinking needed repairs and the port holes hadn’t yet been cut so that became the next order of business. 

With the holes dug and the support structure for the gate in place, the gate was lifted into position.  This marked the starting point for the 132 feet of new stockade wall soon to be put into place.  With the new gate in place, another group of men began tearing down the old northwest wall and dismantling some of the cabins that lined it.  Those not involved with the renovations at the fort were sent across the river to help build boats.

 

Gate Structure

Gate Opening to the Southwest

Mar. 10, 1813  Wednesday                 This morning cloudy with light rain in the night”   

The weather turned warmer during the night and a light rain began to fall early in the morning and continued on most of the day and into the night.  Major Oliver and Sgt. Broadwell left Amanda early that morning to hand carry a letter to General Harrison who at time was camped near the rapids[5]. 

Moses Crist[6] a private in Hosbrook’s company was a successful businessman with a young family.  Apparently he obtained the services of a substitute.  Sometime during the day, a man named Robert Gaston came to the fort to release Crist from duty.  A man named Robert Gaston arrived at the fort that day to serve as a substitute for Crist.  There was a William Gaston in Hosbrook’s company so it is possible he and Robert Gaston were relatives, perhaps even brothers.  Gaston was shown to a cabin where he unpacked his belongings and sat down with Schillinger to go over the necessary paperwork for the payroll muster.  He was later assigned to a work crew.

The Smokehouse

The next order of business was the construction of a building in which to preserve meat.  In 1813 the only way to preserve meat was to smoke or cure it.  For that they needed a smokehouse.  A smokehouse was a small building in which meat was hung from hooks or placed on racks above a smoldering fire.  The smoke from the fire circulated around the meat helping “cure” or preserve it.   

 

Typical Frontier Smokehouse

Too Dangerous or Too Lazy?

 Mar. 1, 1813  Thursday                       Heavy rain with thunder and lightning in the evening

While one group of men was at work on the new smokehouse, another started work removing the oats and corn that had been stored in the south blockhouse.  Like the other blockhouses, the chinking between the logs needed repaired and the port holes had yet to be cut.

Early in the afternoon two men from Ft. Findlay[7] a man named Mr. Rock and a companion came to Amanda to borrow some axes and other tools to take back to their fort.  They loaded the tools into a boat and started downriver mid-afternoon.  The warming temperatures had caused some of the ice on the Auglaize to break up and melt and as a result, the water was very high with a fast current. 

Around 4 o’clock the men returned to the fort saying they thought it too dangerous to continue on.  A short time later, a man from Ft. Jennings, came to Amanda to pick up some of Capt. McHenry’s and Capt. Seton’s personal belongings.  He reported that the ice on the river had broken.  The two men from Ft. Findlay, feeling it was still too dangerous to use the river decided to spend the night there and leave the next morning.   As it turned out, they made a good decision.  Later that afternoon a heavy rain with thunder and lightning came into the area and had they decided to start back their trip would have been a long cold wet and illuminated one.

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[1] Sunrise was at 7:02 AM  on March 7, 1813

[2] Wapakoneta, Oh.

[3] See biography

[4] See biography

[5] Grand Rapids,Ohio

[6] See biography

[7] Findlay, Ohio.

Many of the Men Were Related (Garrisons)

 

Half of the men in Captain Wards company were related

A father and son William and William Holmes Jr. served in Captain Setons company at Ft. Winchester.  The younger Holmes was a Corporal and his father was a private.  I wonder how that worked out.  :-)

Rosters of the companys that garrisoned Forts Amanda, Jennings, Winchester and Logan

Captain Thompson Ward 
Commanded Fort Amanda Oct., 1812 - Feb 28, 1813

Ward, Thompson                    Captain
Benaugh, George                    Lieutenant
Bacon, Benedict                     Ensign
Ward, James                            1st.Sergeant
Wilson, Thomas                      2nd Sergeant
Kouns, Jacob                           3rd Sergeant
Ghoulson, John                       4th Sergeant
Fishback, Samuel D.               1st Corporal
PRIVATES                                        PRIVATES                            Alexander, John                                 Long, Henry           Bruce, John                                         Lyon, Hezekiah           Brown, Nelson, R.                              McGuire, James                                                          Bartley, Allen L.                                 McGuire, Robert           Bradshart, Isaac                                  Meek, Joseph              Bartley, James                                     Meek, James                            Bunard, Gilbert                                   Morton, David                        Burns, Joseph                                    Steele, Benjamin Cobb, Thomas                                   Throckmorton, Joseph Campbell, Thomas                              Tyler, Joseph Chitwood, John R.                              Ulin, Benjamin Cummings, Benjamin                          Wright, John Cummins, Samuel                               Wright, George Davis Thomas                                     McAlister, Luke Dearing, Berry                                    Morton, John Downs, John                                       Norman, Joseph Sr. Duncan, Almounder                           Norman, Joseph Jr. Druier, Simon                                      Nevil, Joseph  Robert Dummet                                 Osborn, Squire    Evans, John                                         Osborn, Morgan    Evans, William                                    Parker, Solomon Gohlson, James H.                              Ruggles, Michael  Gardiner, George W.                          Rankin, Hiram              Grayson, Alfred W.                           Riddle, John                Holland, Wright                                  Smith, William            Johnston, Richard                               Stump, George                        Jackson, James

Captain Daniel Hosbrook 
Commanded Fort Amanda  Feb 28, 1813 - Aug. 3, 1813

Hosbrook, Daniel                                Captain    Davis, Joseph                                      Lieutenant Schillinger, William                            Ensign       VanWinkle, David R.                         Sergeant (1st Sergeant)

Swing, Lawrence  Sergeant    Broadwell, Baxter Sergeant    Bradbury, Jacob Sergeant Johnson, William  Corporal    Irwin, Robert   Corporal         Covalt, Isaac   Corporal Ross, Robert  Fifer                  Patterson, Wm.  Corporal       Bayley, Lewis Drummer

PRIVATES                                       PRIVATES                           PRIVATES

Abbott, Joseph                                    Bailey, James                         Burris, John    Barton, Joseph                                    Bridges, Elisha                        Bennett, Leonard Bowman, George                                Campbell, James                     Clark, Jonathon Curry, John                                         Crank, John G                         Carter, John   Couch, Issah                                      Daniel, Isaac                          Dougherty, James Dowden, Thomas                                Edinger, Boyd                      Farmer, Fred Fleek, John                                          Flora, Thomas                        Gaston, William  * Goldalhy, William                               Gilman, Ichabod W                Grey, Runey Hamilton, John                                    Irwin, Robert                          Jenkins, Henry Ketchum, Jeremiah                             Job, Archibald R                     Knott, John   Landon John                                       Leming, Joseph                        Laird, David Landon, John                                      Lovel, John                            Murry, Charles Matthew, G. W.                                  McNeilly, Robert                    McMullin, Loe Neely, John                                         Neville, William                      Pine, William Plicard, Henry                                     Patterson, Thomas                   Sedgwick, George c Shederly, Henry                                  Strickland, Mark                     Skinner, Caleb South, Peter                                       Shinn, Joab                              Trukle, Henry Thompson, James                                Tibeighein, Leo                       Tomley, Amos Wooley, Joseph   .                               Weir, James                             Westerfield, Peter   Wright, Zephamiah                             White, Forman                        Warbington, James Winner, John                                      Woodworth, Daniel                Briggs, William

Captain Samuel Brier   
Commanded Fort Amanda Aug. 2, 1813 - Oct. 11, 1813

Brier, Samuel              Captain           Lighty, Jacob              Lieutenant       Hearton, Daniel           Ensign Miller, William            Sergeant   (1st Sgt.)

John, Joseph R  Sergeant     Ganasdol, Corneilus Sergeant    Arnold, Samuel  Sergeant Heaston David  Corporal     Dodds, Matthew M  Corporal   Blair, Joseph     Corporal    Hatch, Daniel  Corporal     Slagle, Conrad    Musician         Walker, Isaac  Drummer

PRIVATES                           PRIVATES                                       PRIVATES

Arnet, George                        Bay, William                                       Blair, James S. Brunbough, George                Bucken, Michael                                 Coffman, Jacob    Cox, William                          Crull, Daniel                                       Casfidy, Simon        Cronn, Daniel                                                                                     Deiterick, Peter             Dice, Paul                                Enoch, John                                        Edomes, Edmond Coblentz. Jacob                       Gelelant, Emanuel                               Hester, George    Henry, George                        Harshman, Joseph                               Jones, Price Kader, Phillip                          Kelsen, Daniel                                     Lawrose, John Lechlider, George                   Haman, Solomon                                McDonald, Archibald McCreary, Nathan                  Overholser, Jacob                                Phillips, Thomas Pettit, James                            Phlweyn, Charles                                Pickle, Simon    Reed, William                         Rickey, John                                       Shelly, Jacob    Studebaker, John                    Statler, William                                   Parks, Jacob Swart, John                             Shively, Isaac                                     Talbot, James    Wood, Ashbury                      Wolf, Jacob                                         Westfall, John    Wood, Samuel                        Woodhouse, Henry

Captain William Ramsey 
Commanded Fort Amanda Oct 11, 1813 - Apr. 10, 1814?

Ramsey, William                     Captain Newton, James                        Sergeant Douglas, Samuel                     Corporal Dailey, William                       Drummer Newton, Henry                       Fifer

PRIVATES                           PRIVATES                           PRIVATES

Bonebrake, John                     Beeson, James                         Baley, Gough Clawson, Josiah                      Dougherty, Thomas                Dougherty, Edward Dailey, Dennis                                    Green, David                          Harlin, John Hammon, Phillip                     Hammon, William                   Hamilton, Andrew Kester, Paul                             Kays, John                              Killough, John    Kirkham, Mikel                       Lambert, Jonothan                  Lesh, Henry Morris, William                       McGaw, Moses                       Pressley, John  Pressley, Joseph                     Pressley, Robert                      Stephen, Richard Stephen, William                     Smith, Robert                          Smith, Phillip Wead, Andrew                       Wright, John                           White, Johab

Captain John Hamilton

 Commanded Fort Logan (Wapakoneta)

John Hamilton             Captain William Sheafor          Lieutenant James Harper               Ensign John Haynes                Sergeant

Adam Stonebaker Sergeant    Benjamin Berry  Sergeant      Eli Davis    Sergeant Nicolas Bailey   Corporal       John Miller  Corporal            John Cain   Corporal    John Porter      Corporal         Mark Brinny   Drummer

PRIVATES                           PRIVATES                           PRIVATES

William Dodd John Craig Jacob Rush David Squier John Brown Thomas Johnson John Brinley Shobal Vail Benjamin Blew William Anthony Benjamin Wynn Joseph Denny Daniel Clark Jeremiah Johnson John Bridgeford John Byram David Donar Geo. Stonebreaker Peter Brozune Philip Hawk Geo. Iseminger, Jr. William Martin Robert Jordan Benoni Goble Moses Rush Solomon Leffer Thomas Street Willialm Street John Keller Leonard Selby Ezekiel Vannote James Barcalow Joseph Hincle James Heaton William Robinson John Hunter Joseph Powers William Potts Nicholas Bailey William Riddle Joseph Abbot John Thompson George Russel Stephen Scudder Henry Thomas John Fuster Nicholas Curtis John Porter Benjamin Stone Phillip Muchner Samuel Robbins John Bailey Henry Frazer Samuel Coleby Silas Anderson Nathan Corbin Charles Stuart Daniel Baker Arthur Parks John Pierce Robert Vansickle Joseph Frazer Everet Vansickle John C. Newhouse David Conger Christian Stine Thomas Wear Abraham Squier

Captain Van McHenry 

Commanded Fort Jennings Feb – Aug 1813

Van McHenry                         Captain            William Thomas         Lieutenant  Jonothan Markland    Ensign    Thomas D. Wheelan    Sergeant

Justice Gibbs     Sergeant        Conrad Plow        Sergeant     Gad Waggoner   Sergeant James Armstrong  Corp.l        Charles Stephens  Corp.         Richard L. Campbell Corp.   Samuel Dodson  Corporal

PRIVATES                                       PRIVATES                           PRIVATES

Arnold, William                                    Bavis, James                            Burnett, Daniel Boyer, Sweden                                    Chaisman, Henry                    Cox, Benjamin B. Campbell, William F.                           Davis, Thomas                        Freedly, John Ford, William                                      Fenton, Jacob                          Frazer, Samuel Frasier, David                                     Frost, John                              Herrin, Beverly Harcourt, Enoch                                  Howard, Phillip                       Hartman, Joseph Ingersol, Joseph                                  Ireland, Moses                        Jacobs, John Longfellow, Thomas                            Lancaster, John F.                   Marshall, James Miller, Frederick                                 Mitchel, William                      Millholland, Wm. DuMont, Peter                                    Marshall, William                      Merrel, Adam    Mizner, Jacob                                     Norris, Caleb                         Nugin, Thomas Olendorf, Frederick                            Plow, Phillip                            Posy, Armsted Richardson, Jacob                              Risner, John                           Stout, Andrew S. Sargent, John                                     Stout, Thomas T.                    Smith, William Shupe, Daniel                                     Stewart, Charles                    Sherwin, William Scogin, Eli                                          Tollar, Asa                             Teaboult, Uriah Torrence, John C.                               Taylor, Cornelius                   Taylor, Henry Veach, John                                       Willey, George                       Wilkinson, Joel T.                                                           Wallis, Aaron                        Walden, James

Captain Thomas Seton 

Commanded Fort Winchester  Mar – Aug 1813

Thomas Seton             Captain                                    William Ogden           Lieutenant  John Tweed                Ensign  Lewis Key                  Sergeant

Thomas Scott     Sergeant       Joshua Gordon   Sergeant       Phillip P. Byron   Sergeant Samuel Tatman  Corporal       Rezlin Tavis       Corporal      William Taylor   Corporal    William Holmes Corporal       Jeremiah Smith  Musician

PRIVATES                           PRIVATES                           PRIVATES

Abraham, Joseph                     Blue, David                             Bruse, Fredrick Byr(o)n, Lawrence                  Cookns, Jacob                         Conley, Rhiza Debrubar, Jacob                      Debruber, John                        Foncher, William Flora, James                            Fisher, David                           Graham, John Goodin, James                         Holmes, William Sr.                Jones, George Knight, James                          Kenton, Simon                          Lippencock, Morgan Moore, William                       Martin, Edmund                       Morris, Randolph Mahala, John                           McCoy, Duncan                      McConnel, John McEvain, David                      Perry, William                          Ray, Isaac Riley, Alexsis                          Swin, Jacob                             Skidmore, Ralph Shenkle, Jacob                       Smith, Benton                         Simmerman, Frederick Smith, Jeremiah                      Woodruff, William                   Watson, Jacob Wharton, Henry                     Wilson, John                           Wright, George                                               Younger, William