Battle of Sodus Point-- Part 1: It Was a Small Affair

I wrote about this battle in my last two posts, but had never heard of it.  Here is some more information:

From the HMdb site  "The War of 1812 Bicentennial Peace Garden -- Sodus Point--.

Inscription:

The Battle of Troupesville (later renamed Sodus Point) was fought at the brow of this hill on the rainy evening of June  19th, 1813.  A group of approximately  60 Americans (farmers who had no military training and poorly trained militia) fired into a group of  about 200 British  marines as they ascended the hill.

Two Americans (Asher Warner and Charles Terry and three British marines would die from wounds received.  After the initial volley, the Americans retreated into the underbrush and the British retreated back to the five ships that lay in anchor offshore.

Three Americans were captured  as the two sides intermingled in the darkness, but they were released then next day.

--Brock-Perry