"I have been extremely ill since my arrival here, but whether it was occasioned by a severe cold, or fatigue of long journeying, or both together, I am unable to say-- I am happy, however, to inform you, that I am tolerable at present.
The scenes of poverty, sickness and distress, which are daily witnessed here, are shocking in the extreme; I will not attempt to describe it.
The men that came from Newport are not to remain on this lake, but will go on to lake Erie as soon as Kingston is taken (as the saying is) and join our old Commodore. At present we are under the Command of Commodore Chauncey."
Sickness and Preparations for Attack. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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