the front line and the left the rear. Should an attack be made on the left flank, the reverse of what is here directed will take place till the whole will face to the left, the left column acting as the front line, the right as the rear. If the attack is made on both flanks at the same time both columns face outward. To resist an attack in the rear the same manoeuvre is as directed for an attack in front, with this difference only, that the leading grand division of each battalion will form by the filing up of each man in succession and the second grand division by doubling round its front guide and displaying to the left. To resist an attack in the front and rear, the five leading battalions will perform the manoeuvre directed for the front attack and the five others that which has been last described. In all cases where there is an attack other than a front one the Dragoons and Riflemen will consider themselves as front rear or flank guards according to the situation they may be placed in relatively to the rear of the army and perform the duties which those situations respectively require as heretofore directed. Signed, H. HURST, A. D. C. Regimental order, Vincennes, September 23rd 1811. Major George R. C. Floyd will please to take possession of the Regimental Book, now in the hands of Captain P. Wentworth.* The late Captain Welch's company will for the present be attached to the command of Capt. R. C. Barton but to be mustered as heretofore. Signed, JAMES MILLER, Lt. Col. Brigade M. Quarters. Brigade orders, By the General order of the 22nd inst. the Infantry and Mounted Riflemen are to compose one Brigade, and assigned to the command of Col. John P. Boyd of the 4th U. S. Regiment the Col. hereby assumes the command and directs that reports of every description be made to the Brigade Major Col. Clarke.† *Capt. Paul Wentworth, of the 4th Infantry, resigned Oct. 29, 1811. native of New Hampshire. He was a Col. Marston G. Clark was major and aid-de-camp on Harrison's general staff. He was promoted to brigade inspector Sept. 20, 1811. He enlisted as a private in the Indiana Light Dragoons under Capt. Charles Beggs. Filson Club, No. 15. The adjutant of each Corps will attend at the Brigade Majors Quarters at o'clock daily for orders. Lieutenant Adams of the 4th U. S. Regt. is requested by the approbation of the Commander in Chief to assist Col. Boyd as aid de Camp. All orders therefore delivered through him will be respected accordingly. Signed, JNO. P. BOYD, Col. 4th Regt. Infy. A. B. G. Detachment order, Vincennes 25th September 1811. †Agreeable to the General order of yesterday the Troops under my command will be ready to march at 10 o'clock this morning the commanding officers of each company will cause to be delivered twenty four rounds fixed ammunition three flints and one priming wire to each man fit for duty. All servants liable to bear arms will be furnished and accoutred as other privates and will be on duty with their officers. The commanding officers of companies will be held responsible that the guns are put in the best possible order, for action and kept so. They will also cause a careful inspection of all the ammunition flints priming wires and breeches to be made every morning and if any waste is committed or any loss by unavoidable accident, it shall be their duty to report the same to the commanding officer of the Detachment. If waste be committed the offender will be immediately confined and punished according to the nature of his offence. The Quarter Master will receive all the arms and accoutrements of the sick, box them and put them on board the Boat to ascend the river. They will be immediately collected and delivered by the officer commanding companies. The officers of each company are allowed one wall tent, one common tent, is allowed to six non commissioned officers, musicians and privates, and one wall and one common tent will be furnished for the medical department. Each non commissioned officer Musks and Privates will have two days provisions cooked and packed in their haversacks. Sergeant Wright and nine men will be detailed to take charge of the boat to ascend the river to the point of destination. The Lt. Colonel commanding the Detachment has the fullest confidence in the officers and soldiers of his command and firmly "As fast as it could be done troops were sent up the Wabash about 65 miles to a point in the purchase of 1809 where the city of Terre Haute now stands, and there, Oct. 6th, Governor Harrison joined them." Filson Club, No. 15, page 25. trusts that their conduct in the contemplative expedition will be honorable to themselves and to their country. Signed, JAMES MILLER, Lt. Col. C. D. Head Quarters, Parole Washington, Bosseron Creek,* Sept. 27th 1811. The detail for camp guard will be until further orders two captains guard consisting of one captain, two sergeants, two corporals and forty privates each. Two subaltern guards consisting of one subaltern, one sergeant one corporal and 21 privates each. One subaltern, one sergeant, one corporal and twelve privates for the guard of the Commander in Chief, one select corporal and three men for a contractor's guard, A field officer of the day. The Guards will be warned every morning at roll call and to mount immediately upon the halting of the army at night, Capt. Biggers,† Wilsons, Heths,§ and Berrys¶ companies are not to be included in the detail, they are however to be under the command of the officer of the day, and when within the line of sentinels are to form such a portion of the chain as the officer of the day may assign to them. When without the chain of sentinels they will furnish guards for their own security only when the troops fall into the line of March Upon the beating of the long Roll the Guards will be conducted into camp and will join their several companies a Sergeants guard of the regular troops only excepted which will be detached to form a baggage guard, and for the purpose of picking up stragglers. The order of march will be in Two lines as the army is now placed Capt. Biggers riflemen in front of the column, in line across the direction of the line of march at one hundred and fifty yards distance. Capt. *Bosseron Creek, a small creek in Sullivan County, Ind., which flows into the Wabash River and probably took its name from the early traders of that name, John Baptist Bosseron, who traded in this region from 1760 to 1780, and Francois Bosseron, from 1775 to about 1790. Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 2, page 4. tJames Bigger was a captain of Indiana volunteer riflemen in the company of Lieut. Col. Luke Decker. He served in the War of 1812 as a captain of rangers. Heitman's Hist. Reg. and Dict., etc.; Filson Club, No. 15. Walter Wilson was a captain of Indiana militia in the company of Luke Decker. In June, 1811, with others he was bearer of a speech to Tecumseh. §Capt. Heth may have been Lieut. Lewis Hite, of a battalion of Kentucky volunteers. Tipton, in his journal of the Tippecanoe campaign, speaks of a Capt. Heath. Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 2, pages 170-184. Lieut. Thomas Berry was in the Indiana militia under Decker and was killed in the battle. He had a detachment of mounted riflemen. Filson Club, No. 15. Parks troop 50 yards in the rear of this Company and drawn up in the same order, Capt. Wilsons riflemen in the same order and at the distance of one hundred and fifty yards from the rear of the column, Capt. Biggs troop in the same order at 100 yards from the rear of the column, Capt. Funks troop on the right flank at the distance of one hundred yards from the column and in a line parallel to it. Capt. Berrys and Heths companies will be for the present on the left flank at one hundred yards distance from the column. The spies and guides will be considerably advanced and will receive particular directions from the commander in chief. The order of encampment will depend on the nature of the Ground which is to be occupied, the Dragoon will encamp within the lines of Infantry in such order as may be assigned they will furnish a picquet to remain in or out of camp as the officer of the day may direct to consist of one subaltern one sergeant one corporal and twenty privates, one orderly drum will be detailed for the Deputy Adjutant General, and one orderly sergeant for the Commander in Chief. All signals will be given from the quarters of the deputy Adjutant General excepting those which relate to the signals of the several Corps, the taps will be beaten ten minutes before the Drummers call which precedes the reveille and tattoo and these will succeed the drummers call five minutes. At the Taps which precedes the Reveille the whole army will rise, the Dragoons will saddle and prepare to mount, at the beating of the reveille the whole army will parade in the order of their encampment and continue under arms until they are dismissed. Col. Boyd will please to direct that on the line of march the music to be equally divided between the heads of the two columns. By the Commander in Chief, Signed, WM. MCFARLAND, Adj. Genl. of the Army. Head Quarters, Tiermans,* Sept. 29th 1811. Regimental order, Capt. W. C. Baen† having reported himself will join his company, and Lieutenant Burton will join his own company until further orders. Signed, JAMES MILLER, Lt. Col. of the 5th Reg. *Tierman's, evidently the same as Turman's. Benjamin Turman and his family were the first settlers in the district (1806) and a small creek in Sullivan County, Ind., flowing into the Wabash, bears the name. The creek drains Turman Township. †Capt. William C. Baen was born in New Hampshire and enlisted from Rhode Island. He was made captain in the 4th Infantry, May 3, 1808, and died Nov. 9, 1811, of wounds received in the Battle of Tippecanoe. Heitman's Hist. Reg. and Dict., etc. A command to consist of one subaltern one sergeant, one corporal and 20 privates from the regular troops and 1 subaltern 2 sergeants 2 corporals and thirty privates from Capt. Spencers company of rifle is to parade this evening at 2 o'clock these troops are to take with them their blankets and to draw five days provisions exclusive of this day, the two subalterns will apply at Head Quarters for orders. By the Commander in Chief, Signed, H. HURST A. D. C. Regimental order, Camp, Battle des Illinois, Oct. 16th 1811. The officers commanding the different companies will be very particular in the execution of the General order of this day relative to the inspection of the arms, etc., as quick as possible it is to be understood that the examination of the arms and ammunition is to be thus particularly attended to every day, by the officer commanding the different companies and to make their report to the Commanding officer of the Regiment daily. Signed, G. R. C. FLOYD Major 4th Infantry. Camp Battle des Illinois, October 25th 1811. Brigade order, Pursuant to the General order of yesterday the Brigade will commence their march on 27th inst. The moment not being distant when they will be called to actual duty enforces it on the commander of Corps to see their arms and ammunition in perfect order and for that purpose a daily inspection will be made and all deficiencies immediately replaced. In the event of meeting the enemy the Brigade will be ordered to make a vigorous and successful charge, the enemy will retreat in confusion, the horse will pursue and complete the victory. Officers and soldiers will remember what their country expects from them and what a determined body are capable of perform "Battaille des Illinois" was a name given by the French to this spot, which was famous in Indian tradition as the scene of a desperate battle between the Illinois and Iroquois. Lossing's Field Book, War of 1812, page 195. |