Global Heritage Press

BOOK on CD EDITION

Lincoln at Bay, A Sketch of 1814
By Ernest Green [1923]

Includes new Index by Brenda Young [2009]

Much has been written concerning the services and sacrifices of the people of Upper Canada (Ontario) during the War of 1812-1814, but the subject has been dealt with most frequently in a broad and general way. The author presents a more intimate view by relating the experiences of individual participants in one of the most tragic acts of the drama of those years - The Battle of Chippawa.

The author explains in the Preface that he relied on oral tradition that was handed down through the families since 1814, but that "the old traditions have been carefully justified by official and other contenporary records and in all particulars wherein such collaboration was possible. Any distorion of historical facts has been carefully avoided". The old families mentioned were from the Townships of Stamford, Thorold, and Pelham.

Contents include:

• The Call to Arms
• The Road to the Front
• On to Chippawa
• The Men of Lincoln
• The Eve of the Battle
• Lincoln at Bay
• The Forlorne Hope
• From the Depths
  • Casualties in the Battle of Chippawa
  • Casualties of the 2nd Lincoln Militia
  • Rolls of the 2nd Regiment Lincoln Militia
    • Captain John Birch's Company
    • Captain Charles Askin's Company
    • Captain John Chrysler's Company
    • Captain James Cooper's Comapny
    • Captain John DeCow's Company
    • Captain Grant's Company
    • Captain Keeper's Company
    • Captain Rorbach's Company
    • Captain Row's Company
    • Adjutant Thompson's Company
    • Captain George Turney's Company
    • Lieut. John Wilson's Detachment
Appendix
• Index (new Index 2009)