238 HISTORY OF OHIO. 



nese, who in this battle lay in ambush, beyond a morass, on 

 the left of the American army. 



Having followed the movements of our citizen soldierp, 

 in this war, every where within the limits of our state, during 

 the period it was carried on here, it may not be improper, nor 

 uninteresting to follow such of them as were acting as soldiers, 

 in the army, during that war, beyond our limits. Of the reg- 

 ular United States troops, raised in Ohio, colonel J. Miller 

 commanded the nineteenth regiment. This, and the seven- 

 teenth regiment, ncft being full, the two were consolidated and 

 called the seventeenth regiment. 



The twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh regiments were 

 raised in Ohio, but from the same cause, they were consolida- 

 ted, and called the nineteenth regiment. Colonel George 

 Paul commanded it. 



Portions of these regiments were in all the battles on the 

 Niag-ara frontier in 1814. In the attack on Fort Erie, bv the 

 British, on the 15th of August, 1814, major William Trimble 

 of this state, commanded a part of the nineteenth regiment, 

 then in the Fort. The attack was made on the garrison, by a 

 superior force, commanded by able and efficient officers. Ma- 

 jor Trimble ordered three general charges, during the attack, 

 which were executed with precision, energy and effect — each 

 time repelling the enemy, at the point of the bayonet, and 

 saving the garrison from capture. Major Trimble, conceiving 

 himself injured in General Gaines' report of the battle, him- 

 self addressed a letter to the secretary of war, in which he 

 said, "This detachment of the 19th of Infantry, fought most 

 desperately. Lieutenants Charles L. Cass, John M'Elvain, 

 and ensign Cisna, in every situation, showed the greatest ac- 

 tivity, zeal and intrepid bravery. Without them, the fort 

 would have been lost. The army, in that case would have 

 been surrendered and put to the sword. Two of these officers 

 were not even mentioned, and the third one was only mention- 

 ed as being wounded." 



From the date of this letter, major Trimble, lieutenants 

 Cass, John M'Elvain, and ensign Cisna were brevetted. 



