peace establishment fixed at ten thousand men, 86; reduction of, 87–88. (See Artillery, Infantry, Engineers.) Artillery, one regiment of, on the army establishment of 1801, i. 301; one regiment of light, added in 1808, iv. 223; two regiments of, added in 1812, vi. 295, 345, 347; corps of, vii. 384; Hindman’s battalion of, viii. 37; Towson’s company at Chippawa, 43, 44; Hindman’s battalion at Lundy’s Lane, 50–53, 56–59; and at Fort Erie, 71, 72, 75, 76, 83; in military district No. 7, viii. 316; in the night battle at New Orleans, 344, 345, 348; in Jackson’s lines, 355, 358, 359, 361; in the battle of Jan. 1, 1815, 361–366; in the battle of Jan. 8, 374, 375. (See Gunnery.) Ash Island in the Richelieu River, a fortified British post, viii. 97. Ashe, an English traveller, i. 43, 52, 53, 54. Ashmun, Eli Porter, senator from Massachusetts, votes against internal improvements, ix. 151. “Asia,” American ship, burned by French squadron, vi. 193, 198. Aspinwall, Thomas, lieutenant-colonel of the Ninth Infantry, viii. 35; commands Scott’s brigade, 71; wounded in the sortie from Fort Erie, 88. Astor, John Jacob, i. 28; vi. 301; shares loan of 1813, vii. 44, 45; director of United States Bank, ix. 131. “Atlas,” privateer, captured, vii. 277. Attorney General. (See Levi Lincoln, Robert Smith, John Breckinridge, Cæsar A. Rodney, William Pinkney, Richard Rush.) Auckland, Lord, iii. 407. “Aurora” newspaper, i. 118, 121; iii. 119. Austerlitz, battle of, iii. 163, 370. Austria, v. 27, 134; fights battles of Essling and Wagram, 106; interferes in Russian war, vii. 340; declares war on Napoleon, 350. “Avon,” British 18-gun sloop-of-war, sunk by the “Wasp,” viii. 188–192. “Avon,” privateer, viii. 194. Bacon, Ezekiel, member of Congress from Massachusetts, determined to overthrow the embargo, iv. 432, 436, 441, 450, 455, 463; chairman of ways and means committee, vi. 156; votes against frigates, 164; moves war taxes, 165, 166. Baen, William C., captain of Fourth U. S. Infantry, killed at Tippecanoe, vi. 104. Bailen, capitulation at, iv. 315, 341. Bailey, Dixon, Creek half-breed, attacks Peter McQueen at Burnt Corn, vii. 228, 229; surprised and killed at Fort Mims, 229–231. Bailey, Theodorus, i. 231, 266, 296. Bainbridge, William, captain in U. S. navy, ii. 137, 426; vi. 384; takes command of the “Constitution,” 384; captures “Java,” 385, 386; blockades the “Bonne Citoyenne,” vii. 288. Baldwin, Abraham, senator from Georgia, i. 305; iii. 126. Ball, James V., lieutenant-colonel of Second U. S. Light Dragoons, vii. 128. Ballou, Hosea, his Universalism, ix. 183, 184. Ballston Spa, i. 92.