The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock eBook

Ferdinand Brock Tupper
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 433 pages of information about The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock.

The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock eBook

Ferdinand Brock Tupper
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 433 pages of information about The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock.
Fort Major Campbell.  Sixty Men of the 41st Regiment, commanded by a Subaltern.  Sixty of the Militia, commanded by a Captain.  Two Six-Pounders—­firing minute guns.  Remaining Corps and Detachments of the Garrison, with about 200 Indians, in reversed order, forming a street through which the Procession passed, extending from the government house to the garrison.  Band of the 41st Regiment.  Drums, covered with black cloth, and muffled.

Late General’s Horse, fully caparisoned, led by four Grooms. 
Servants of the General. 
The General’s Body Servant. 
Surgeon Muirhead.  Doctor Kerr. 
Doctor Moore.  Staff Surgeon Thom. 
Reverend Mr. Addison.

(The Body of Lieut.-Colonel M’Donell, P.A.D.C.)

Capt.  A. Cameron.  Lieut.  Jarvis.

Lieut.  Robinson.  Lieut.  Ridout.

J. Edwards, Esq.  Capt.  Crooks.

Supporter,                  Supporter,
Mr. Dickson.                 Captain Cameron.

Chief Mourner,
Mr. M’Donell.

(The Body of Major-General Brock.)

Supporter, Supporter,
Mr. James Coffin, D.A.C.G.  Captain Williams, 49th Regt.

Capt.  Vigoreaux, R.E.  Major Merritt, L.H.  Lin.  Mil.

Capt.  Derenzy, 41st Regt.  Lieut.-Col.  Clark, Lin.  Mil.

Capt.  Dennis, 49th Regt.  Lieut.-Col.  Butler.

Capt.  Holcroft, R.A.  Colonel Claus,

Supporter,                 Supporter,
Brigade-Major Evans.         Captain Glegg, A.D.C.

Chief Mourners. 
Major-General Sheaffe.  Lieut.-Colonel Myers, D.Q.M.G. 
Ensign Coffin, A.D.C.  Lieut.  Fowler, A.D.Q.M.G. 
The Civil Staff. 
Friends of the Deceased. 
Inhabitants.[103]

Such was the esteem in which Sir Isaac Brock was held by the enemies of his country, for he had or could have no personal enemies, that Major-General Van Rensselaer, in a letter of condolence, informed Major-General Sheaffe that immediately after the funeral solemnities were over on the British side, a compliment of minute guns would be paid to the hero’s memory on theirs!!!  Accordingly, the cannon at Fort Niagara were fired, “as a mark of respect due to a brave enemy.”  How much is it then to be regretted that we should ever come into collision with those who possess the same origin and the same language as ourselves, and who, by this generous feeling and conduct, proved that they are a liberal, as they undoubtedly are a gallant, people; and may the future rivalry of both powers be, not for the unnatural destruction of each other, but for the benefit of mankind.  No words can better express the favorable opinion entertained by the Americans of the deceased than the language of their president, Madison, who, alluding to the battle of Queenstown in his annual message to congress, observed:  “Our loss has been considerable, and is deeply to be lamented.  That of the enemy, less ascertained, will be the more felt, as it includes amongst the killed the commanding general, who was also the governor of the province.”

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