A Sketch of the Life of General Nathan Towson United States Army
A Sketch of the Life of General Nathan Towson United States Army
Thomas Smith
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Lieut. Elliott sent an officer with this information to Captain Towson, with combustibles, and an order to set fire to the brig. Towson would not permit this order to be executed, but believing his presence Avilli his company necessary, in the event of an attack on shore, he left a faithful non-commissioned officer and two men on board ; w ilh orders to fire and abandon her if it should appear that the enemy were likely to succeed in forcing the troops to retire to the main body at Flint Hill. ...This did not liappen : General Brock had not crossed the Niagara, as reported : and thus, by the judicious management of Captain Towson, was the Caledonia reserved to make one of the gal- lant Perry's victorious fleet. The circumstances atteniUng llie rapture of these I)rigs, so far as the volunteers of the army had a hand in them, have certainly never received the notice, whicii tiiey merited, of our government. Lieut. GENERAL NATHAN TOWSON. V Colonel Scott, to whom Captain Towson naturally looked, for a re- port of his participation in the affair, was made prisoner at Queens- town, immediately after, and before he had an opportunity of men- tioning the gallant achievement of the Captain.
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