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General Atkinson overtakes Black Hawk Battle of the Bad Axe Atkinson's official report Incidents of the Battle Capture of Black Hawk and the prophet Naopope's statement to General Scott General Scott and Governor Reynolds conclude a treaty with the Sacs, Foxes and Winnebagoes Causes which led to the war Motives for getting up Indian wars First attack made by the Illinois militia Report of the Secretary at War in regard to this campaign General Macomb's letter to General Atkinson Secretary Cass' statement of the causes which led to this war Comments upon this statement, and its omissions pointed out.
The Engagement at Hormigueros Topography of the battlefield Macomb's cavalry fired into by Spanish skirmishers Our advance-guard comes into contact with the foe General Schwan reaches the firing line The main body arrives and joins in the fray Subsequent manoeuvres of our column The Spanish retreat A computation of losses.
The fight for the northern half of the town was not serious, merely part of Macomb's prearranged training course; but when the Americans retired across the Saranac, the planks of the bridges were torn up, loop-holed barricades were built along the southern bank, and no effort spared to prepare for a desperate resistance. Every man that could hold up a gun was posted on the lines of Plattsburg.
I only wait for your arrival to proceed against General Macomb's last position on the south bank of the Saranac." These demands became more and more insistent, although the largest British ship, the Confiance, had been launched only a few days before and the mechanics were still toiling night and day to fit her for action.
Yelling, pounding, making all the noise they could, the American boys rushed forth. The British were completely surprised, the sentries were struck down, and the rest assured that Macomb's army was on them recoiled for a few minutes. The sharp click, click, click of the hammers was heard.
The Macomb mansion, a fine house even to-day, once the home of Major-General Alexander Macomb, the "hero of Plattsburg," still overlooks the waters of Spuyten Duyvil Creek. Originally a tavern, it was purchased about 1800 by Alexander Macomb whose son, Robert, was ruined by the destruction of Macomb's Dam, which went down before the embattled farmers, with whom it interfered.
General Macomb had been appointed by President Adams major general of the United States army. There was at that time but one major general, and Scott held the rank of brevet major general, with an older date than Macomb's appointment, and he addressed a memorial to Congress claiming his superiority in rank to Macomb.
Washington, January 6, 1904. A subsequent report of the Board of ordnance and Fortification to the Secretary of War embodied the principal points in Major Macomb's report, but as early as March 3rd, 1904, the Board came to a similar conclusion to that of the French Ministry of War in respect of Clement Ader's work, stating that it was not 'prepared to make an additional allotment at this time for continuing the work. This decision was in no small measure due to hostile newspaper criticisms.
These companies met weekly, and were put through a course of instructions in the old Macomb's tactics. In this way the ten regiments were formed, but not called together until the commencement of the bombardment of Sumter, with the exception of those troops enlisted for six months, now under Gregg at Charleston, and a few volunteer companies of cavalry and artillery.
As Captain Macomb's cavalry had not arrived at the hour appointed for our start, we set off without him. And in fact there was little need of his services on that day, our march being through a section of the island already cleared of Spanish troops, and exceedingly slow and wearisome, besides.
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