This was the first actual army on army action that Patrick Gass participated in.
He was a sergeant and qualified in artillery, being used to firing 6 and 12 pound guns that could easily outdistance the British guns.
As the battle wore on, Sergeant Gass was one of 300 men who charged and captured a British company after fierce hand-to-hand fighting all night.
Gass was wounded in the fighting and lost the sight in his right eye as a result.
Later that year, he rejoined the Army and fought around Pittsburgh and Niagara to fight against any British attempt to invade from Canada.
Sergeant Gass was discharged in the spring of 1815 in Sackets Harbor, New York.
--Brock-Perry
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