ccording to the chronological order adopted.

GEORGE CROGHAN was born near Louisville, Kentucky, November 15, 1791.
He was graduated at William and Mary College, Virginia, and in 1811
was aid-de-camp to Colonel Boyd at the battle of Tippecanoe; captain
in 1812, major in 1813, and aid-de-camp to General Harrison at Fort
Meigs. On August 3, 1813, with a garrison of one hundred and sixty
men, he repulsed General Proctor at the head of an army of one
thousand British troops and Indians. For this gallant deed Congress,
in 1835, gave him a vote of thanks and a gold medal. In 1814 he was
appointed lieutenant-colonel; resigned in 1817; was promoted to the
rank of inspector-general and colonel in 1825; served under General
Taylor in Mexico, and died in New Orleans, January 8, 1849.

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ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. (p. 273)

_Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Colonel Croghan, etc._

_Resolved unanimously by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled_: That the
President of the United States be requested to cause a gold medal
to be struck, with suitable emblems and devices, and presented to
Colonel Croghan, in testimony of the high sense entertained by
Congress of his gallantry and good conduct in the defence of Fort
Stephenson; and that he present a sword to each of the following
officers engaged in that affair: to Captain James Hunter, to the
eldest male representative of Lieutenant Benjamin Johnston, and
to Lieutenant Cyrus A. Baylor, John Meek, Ensign Joseph Duncan,
and the nearest male representative of Ensign Edmund Shipp,
deceased.

Approved February 13, 1835.

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_Major Croghan to General Harrison._

To
MAJOR-GENERAL HARRISON, Lower Sandusky, August 5th, 1813.
Commanding Northwestern Army.

Dear Sir: I have the honour to inform you that the combined force
of the enemy, amounting to at least 500 regulars, and seven or
eight hundred Indians, under the immediate command of General
Proctor, made its appearance before this place early on Sunday
evening last, and so soon as the general had made such
disposition of his troops as would cut off my retreat, should I
be disposed to make one, he sent Colonel Elliott, accompanied by