John B. Campbell-- Part 2: Rising Through the Ranks

War of 1812 Service

On March 12, 1812, he was appointed from Kentucky as a lieutenant-colonel of the 19th Infantry and brevetted to colonel on December 18, 1812, for gallant conduct versus the Mississineway Indians.  On April 9, 1814, he was promoted to colonel and transferred to the 11th U.S. Infantry.

After his raid on Port Dover, British Major General Phineas Riall addressed the U.S. commanding officer by letter accusing the Americans of "acts of outrage on private property" there.

--Brock-Perry