With Jackson's Army, Patrick Gass had the option of enlistment in the U.S. Army for five years, which he took. Of course, he also got a bounty of $100 for doing so. and then marched north under the command of General Edmund P. Gaines.
Gass was at Fort Massac in Illinois in 1813; and the 1st of July 1814 found him at Pittsburgh, in a battalion under the command of Colonel Nichols, with the Northern Army, which was under the command of General Jacob Brown.
He took part in the assault on Fort Erie, and was conspicuous for his bravery in the Battle of Lundy's Lane, where he was attached to the 21st regiment under the command of the gallant Colonel James Miller. Gass is said to have distinctly remembered hearing Miller's memorable answer, when ordered by General Ripley to capture the British battery: "I will try, sir."
Gass shows up gallantly in a sortie made August 17 when he was entrusted with the duty of spiking the enemy's guns. His selection for such duty, requiring cool courage, was a high compliment to the sergeant and shows the estimation in which he was held.
He was discharged at Sackets Harbor in June 1815, and once again returned to Wellsburg.
His military career was now over.
--Brock-Perry
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