We
have the following statement dictated to us by Lucius T. Wheelock, in 1869:
Early in the spring of 1813, I was engaged in recruiting men for the United
States army, and enlisted myself during May of that year, receiving the
appointment of sergeant. My commission as ensign is dated in the
fall of 1813, and I was second lieutenant when discharged in September,
1815, after war closed. I belonged to the 31st regiment of infantry,
commanded by Col. Dana. Of the fights in which I participated, the
more important were those at
Chateaugay, the Stone Mill, and the battle
of Plattsburgh. I remember that Stephen Barnard, Thomas Lowe, Benjamin
Shattuck,
John Shattuck, Thomas Holbrook, and Thomas Parkhurst enlisted
from this town and served in the last war with Great Britain. John Shattuck
and Lowe were wounded. Lowe belonged to the
11th regiment of infantry and
received a pension during life for wounds received in battle at Lundy’s
Lane.
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