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RETURN OF THE WHOLE OF THE TROOPS (REGULARS, MILITIA, MARINE AND INDIAN DEPARTMENT) WHO WERE ENGAGED IN THE ACTION AT FRENCHTOWN, ON THE RIVER RAISIN, ON THE 22D OF JANUARY, 1813, WITH THE NUMBER OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.

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RETURN OF KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE ACTION AT RIVIERE AUX RAISINS, JANUARY 22D, 1813.

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CHAPTER IX.

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MONROE COUNTY VETERANS OF THE WAR OF 1812.

HE resident survivors of the War of 1812

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were early in June, 1871, by a published card in the Monroe city papers, invited by Joseph Guyor to assemble at his residence as his guests, on what was known as Guyor's Island, the present site of the Monroe Marsh Club-house, two miles east of Monroe. In response to the invitation, on the 15th of June, nineteen survivors of the battle of the River Raisin made their appearance, accompanied by a number of the citizens of Monroe. A banquet was prepared in honor of the old heroes, and a cordial welcome tendered the guests by the Hon. Heman J. Redfield, mayor of the city, who was followed by addresses by General George A. Custer, Colonel I. R. Grosvenor, Colonel Luce, and others. The afternoon was pleasantly passed in recounting the scenes, trials and hardships of the war, interspersed with anecdotes of a local character. A copy of the photograph of the survivors, taken on Guyor's Island, appears on the opposite

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The occasion was so thoroughly enjoyed by the guests that a suggestion was made and cordially received that ample preparations for the sixtieth anniversary of the battle of River Raisin should be made the following year, and that general invitations should be extended by correspondence and published notices in the newspapers of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, to all the survivors of the battle of the River Raisin. It was afterward determined, as the anniversary would occur at such an inclement season of the year that few of the old survivors could attend from such a distance, to hold a convention on the following 4th of July, 1872. The names and ages of the veterans were as follows:

Beseau, John, 80. Lazarre, Francis, 82. Boroff, F.,100 yrs. 7 mos. Mason, Henry, 79. Clapper, John, 76. Nadeau, James B., 77. De Chovin, Jean, 77. Navarre, Peter, 82.

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Peter Navarre and Robert Navarre continued to reside in this vicinity until their deaths. Frank Boroff, the centenarian, was born in Pennsylvania in 1770. The united ages of the group were 1,158 years the average being nearly 90 years.

The pleasure derived at this assembly gave. rise to extensive preparations for welcoming to the old battle grounds the survivors of the War of 1812. July 4, 1872, 121 veterans of Harrison's army, serving at Fort Meigs and elsewhere in this section during the War of 1812, responded in person to the invitations. ·

The arrangements for celebrating the 4th in Monroe, in connection with a grand re-union of the veterans of 1812, and the pioneers of the Raisin valley, were fully completed on the night of the 3d, and everything gave promise of a large crowd and a successful celebration. The evening train from the south brought a large delegation of veterans from Kentucky and Ohio, some seventy-five in number, with representatives of the Kentucky press, accompanied by General G. A. Custer, one of the members of the Committee of Invitation. These were met at Toledo by other members of the Committee of Invitation, and on their arrival at Monroe Junction were received by the Committee of Reception, headed by the Monroe band, and were escorted in carriages to the Young Ladies' Seminary, where arrangements had been made for their comfort while tarrying among us. Among this "good lie companie" of venerable patriarchs were General Leslie Combs, of Kentucky, aged seventy-eight, General Samuel Williams, of Kentucky, who bore a conspicuous part in the war of 1812, aged

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1 JOHN BESEAR.

2 JOHN CLAPER. 3 GEN'L CUSTON. 6 JNO. BESAN, 7 GEO, YOUNGLOVE. 8 JOHN BUROFF. 9 DAVID VAN PELT, 10 LEWIS JACOBS.

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4 FRANCIS LAZARRE.

5 JEAN DE CHOVEN,

11 CHS. HAVEN. 12 HENRY MASON.

12 HENRY MASON. 13 THO. WHELPHY. 14 Jos. GUYON. 18 ROBERT NAVAN. 19 JOSEPH FORLKE. 20 BONSON FRENCH.

15 PETER NAVARRE. 16 JAMES NEDEAU. 17 EMANUEL CUSTON. 18 ROBERT NAVAN.

ninety-one, and Henry Gaither, of Cincinnati, aged eighty-two.

The morning of the 4th opened a little cloudy and cooler than the preceding day, giving promise of the best of weather for the festivities of the day; and though the middle of the day proved warmer than was necessary for comfort, yet very little complaint could reasonably be made on that score.

The day was ushered in with a national salute of thirty-eight guns at sunrise, fired from the military encampment, in the west grove, and the gun was fired every five minutes while the procession was moving.

The Committee of Arrangements had made ample preparations in Noble's Grove, east of Washington street, for the ceremonies and the banquet. A large stand, with raised seats, had been erected, with a stand for the speakers, and tables sufficient to seat 1,000 people were arranged in a hollow square, under the spreading boughs, at a short distance from the grand stand.

At the entrance to the grove an arch of evergreens was erected, on which was the motto, "Welcome, brave defenders," and another and larger triumphal arch was erected over Washington street, at the public square, with the motto, "Welcome, veterans." This arch was covered with evergreens, and tastefully decorated with shields, flags, etc. Many of the business blocks and private residences, especially along the line of march of the procession, were handsomely decorated with the national colors, evergreens, mottoes, streamers, flags and ban

ners.

At an early hour the people from the country came flocking in, by wagon loads, on horseback and on foot, and before the arrival of any of the trains, the streets seemed crowded with people. The first train from the north brought the National Guards of Detroit, Governor Baldwin, Judge Campbell, Hon. C. C. Trowbridge, Hon. Levi Bishop, Judge Cooley, and other celebrities. The train from the west brought the Adrian Commandery of Knights Templar, and the train from the south brought Mayor Jones, Ex-Mayor Kraus, the Toledo Cadets, with thousands of people to join in the festivities of the day.

The procession commenced to move soon after e soon after eleven o'clock, and was formed as follows, headed by General George Spalding, Chief Marshal:

Chief of Police. Chief Marshal and Aids.

FIRST DIVISION.

Colonel I. R. Grosvenor, Marshal. Monroe City Band. National Guards, of Detroit. Monroe Light Guards.

Toledo Cadets.

SECOND DIVISION.

Colonel C. Luce, Marshal.

Martial Band.

Adrian Commandery, Knights Templar. Monroe Commandery, Knights Templar.

THIRD DIVISION. Flat Rock Band.

Monroe Fire Department-Captain F. Waldorf, Chief Engineer.

FOURTH DIVISION.

Charles F. Frank, Marshal.

St. Joseph's Benevolent Society, of Monroe. German Workingmen's Society, of Monroe.

FIFTH DIVISION.

Major S. W. Curtis, Marshal.

Pioneers of the Raisin Valley to the number of 150.

SIXTH DIVISION.

Major J. G. McBride, Marshal. Veterans of the War of 1812 in carriages.

SEVENTH DIVISION.

The Hon. Thomas Doyle, Marshal.
Citizens in carriages.

The National Guards of Detroit made a fine appearance, and the Toledo Cadets (a company of mere lads) attracted much attention during the entire day, for their soldierly bearing and generally excellent behavior. The Knights Templar, too, were an attractive feature of the procession. The route of the procession was from the corner of First and Macomb streets, north to Elm avenue, thence west to Monroe street, thence south to Front, thence west to Cass, thence south to Seventh, thence east to Monroe, thence north to Front, thence east to Washington, thence south to the grove.

As the procession passed the Monroe street cemetery, where the Kentuckians who fell at the battle of the River Raisin are buried, it halted, and the bands played a dirge, the flags were drooped, the military came to a "shoulder arms," the Knights Templar made the "saluto” of their order, and the veterans and citizens generally uncovered.

A short distance from the entrance to the grove a reviewing stand had been erected, where Governor Baldwin, the orator and dis

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