command reflects high honour on the brigade to
which they belong.

The conduct of General Porter has been conspicuously gallant.
Every assistance in his power to afford, with the description of
force under his command, has been rendered. We could not expect
him to contend with the British column of regulars which appeared
upon the plains of Chippewa. It was no cause of surprise to me to
see his command retire before this column.

Justice forbids that I should omit to name my own family. They
yield to none in honourable zeal, intelligence, and attention to
duty. Colonel Gardner, Major Jones, and my aids, Captains Austin
and Spencer, have been as active and as much devoted to the cause
as any officers of the army. Their conduct merits my warmest
acknowledgments; of Gardner and Jones I shall have occasion again
to speak to you.

Major Camp, deputy-quarter-master-general, deserves my particular
notice and approbation. By his great exertions, I was enabled to
find the means of crossing. Captain Daliba, of the ordnance
department, has rendered every service in his power.

The inclosed return will show you our loss, and furnish you with
the names of the dead and wounded officers. These gallant men
must not be forgotten. Our country will remember them, and do
them justice.

With great respect, &c.,
Jacob BROWN.

[Footnote 96: Captain Treat was tried by a
court-martial and honorably acquitted.]

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_General Orders._ (p. 208)

Adjutant-General's Office, left Division,
Chippewa Plains, July 6th, 1814.

Major-General Brown has the gratification to say, that the
soldiers of the 2d division, west of the Niagara, merit greater
applause than he is able to bestow in general orders; they merit
the highest approbation of the country. The conduct of
Brigadier-General Scott's brigade, which had the opportunity to
engage the whole force of the enemy, the greater part, it is
believed, of all in the peninsula, removes on the day of this
battle the reflection on our country, that its reputation in arms
is yet to be established. His brigade con