Battle of New Orleans.

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

George Croghan-- Part 6: The Bombardment of Fort Stephenson

On August 1, 1813, Porter's gunboats on the Sanduskey River and field artillery opened fire on Fort Stephenson, but with little effect.  George Croghan moved his one artillery piece, "Ol' Betsy" around so the British thought he had more artillery.

He also noted the British were firing particularly at the northwest corner of the fort and determined this would be the point of attack when it came.  Sandbags were used to reinforce it so he also posted "Ol' Betsy" there and loaded it with grape shot and musket balls.

On August 2, the barrage ended and British General Proctor began his assault.

--Brock-Perry

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