s/o Ambrose Spencer [Sr.] / Laura Canfield
Captain A. Spencer 29th Infantry aid-de-camp to Major-General Jacob Jennings Brown
The Battle of Lundy's Lane - It took place on 25 Jul 1814 and lasted from sunset to midnight, the Americans under General Jacob Brown were left in possession of the field, but were unable to carry away the heavy artillery which they had captured.
"In the glorious battle of Niagara, on the 25th July, he was shot through the body. It is believed that his wound was not mortal, and that if he had been among his friends and received the necessary care, and attention, he would have survived. His brother, J. C. Spencer, Esq, of this village, saw him the night before his death, and ascertained, that on the 2nd inst. in a cold and wet day, he had, been removed two miles and a half up the Niagara river, and then returned to his former place, with his bed and bedding we entirely thro[ugh] !. The British Indians were hovering about the house where he lay and disturbed his last moments by their menaces, - Of these circumstances however, a more particular detail will probably hereafter be given. ref: Green Mountain Farmer Bennington, VT 30 Aug 1814
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Name listed on Pikes Monument Erected 1819 ref: The War Of 1812 by Albert Bushnell Hart 1916
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Obit -Courtesy of Thomas Jay Kemp by: Steven M.
Captain A. Spencer 29th Infantry aid-de-camp to Major-General Jacob Jennings Brown
The Battle of Lundy's Lane - It took place on 25 Jul 1814 and lasted from sunset to midnight, the Americans under General Jacob Brown were left in possession of the field, but were unable to carry away the heavy artillery which they had captured.
"In the glorious battle of Niagara, on the 25th July, he was shot through the body. It is believed that his wound was not mortal, and that if he had been among his friends and received the necessary care, and attention, he would have survived. His brother, J. C. Spencer, Esq, of this village, saw him the night before his death, and ascertained, that on the 2nd inst. in a cold and wet day, he had, been removed two miles and a half up the Niagara river, and then returned to his former place, with his bed and bedding we entirely thro[ugh] !. The British Indians were hovering about the house where he lay and disturbed his last moments by their menaces, - Of these circumstances however, a more particular detail will probably hereafter be given. ref: Green Mountain Farmer Bennington, VT 30 Aug 1814
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Name listed on Pikes Monument Erected 1819 ref: The War Of 1812 by Albert Bushnell Hart 1916
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Obit -Courtesy of Thomas Jay Kemp by: Steven M.
s/o Ambrose Spencer [Sr.] / Laura Canfield
Captain A. Spencer 29th Infantry aid-de-camp to Major-General Jacob Jennings Brown
The Battle of Lundy's Lane - It took place on 25 Jul 1814 and lasted from sunset to midnight, the Americans under General Jacob Brown were left in possession of the field, but were unable to carry away the heavy artillery which they had captured.
"In the glorious battle of Niagara, on the 25th July, he was shot through the body. It is believed that his wound was not mortal, and that if he had been among his friends and received the necessary care, and attention, he would have survived. His brother, J. C. Spencer, Esq, of this village, saw him the night before his death, and ascertained, that on the 2nd inst. in a cold and wet day, he had, been removed two miles and a half up the Niagara river, and then returned to his former place, with his bed and bedding we entirely thro[ugh] !. The British Indians were hovering about the house where he lay and disturbed his last moments by their menaces, - Of these circumstances however, a more particular detail will probably hereafter be given. ref: Green Mountain Farmer Bennington, VT 30 Aug 1814
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Name listed on Pikes Monument Erected 1819 ref: The War Of 1812 by Albert Bushnell Hart 1916
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Obit -Courtesy of Thomas Jay Kemp by: Steven M.
Captain A. Spencer 29th Infantry aid-de-camp to Major-General Jacob Jennings Brown
The Battle of Lundy's Lane - It took place on 25 Jul 1814 and lasted from sunset to midnight, the Americans under General Jacob Brown were left in possession of the field, but were unable to carry away the heavy artillery which they had captured.
"In the glorious battle of Niagara, on the 25th July, he was shot through the body. It is believed that his wound was not mortal, and that if he had been among his friends and received the necessary care, and attention, he would have survived. His brother, J. C. Spencer, Esq, of this village, saw him the night before his death, and ascertained, that on the 2nd inst. in a cold and wet day, he had, been removed two miles and a half up the Niagara river, and then returned to his former place, with his bed and bedding we entirely thro[ugh] !. The British Indians were hovering about the house where he lay and disturbed his last moments by their menaces, - Of these circumstances however, a more particular detail will probably hereafter be given. ref: Green Mountain Farmer Bennington, VT 30 Aug 1814
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Name listed on Pikes Monument Erected 1819 ref: The War Of 1812 by Albert Bushnell Hart 1916
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Obit -Courtesy of Thomas Jay Kemp by: Steven M.
Inscription
Unknown Officer
USA
War 1812
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Erected To The Memory Of Unknown
United States Soldiers And Sailors Killed
In Action Or Dying Of Wounds In This
Vicinity During the War Of 1812
Family Members
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