The Story of Isaac Brock: Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812Nursey, Walter R.
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The Story of Isaac Brock: Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper Canada, 1812
Nursey, Walter R.
Brock, Isaac, Sir, 1769-1812; Canada -- History -- 1763-1867; United States -- History -- War of 1812
Reproduced from an historical pamphlet loaned by Mrs. Currie, of
Niagara, showing the plan of battleground, disposition of troops, and
topography of adjacent country.
NO. 20. FACING PAGE 170.
_Taking of Niagara, May 27th, 1813._
From a sketch which appeared in the Philadelphia _Portfolio_, 1817.
Interesting from the fact that it is the only picture known which shows
the churches of St. Mark's and St. Andrew's, Niagara (Newark), Canadian
side, and the lighthouse which, built in 1803, stood on the spot where
Fort Mississauga now stands.
NO. 21. FACING PAGE 172.
_Cenotaph, Queenston Heights._
Erected near the spot where Brock fell. It bears the following
inscription:
"NEAR THIS SPOT
MAJOR-GENERAL
SIR ISAAC BROCK, K.C.B.,
PROVISIONAL LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF
UPPER CANADA,
FELL ON 13TH OCTOBER, 1812,
WHILE ADVANCING TO REPEL THE
INVADING ENEMY."
NO. 22. FACING PAGE 174.
_Brock's Monument._
On October 13th, 1824, the remains of Brock and his gallant aide,
Macdonell, were removed from the bastion at Fort George and placed in a
vault beneath the monument which had been erected on Queenston Heights
by the Legislature to commemorate our hero's death. On Good Friday,
April 17th, 1840, this monument was shattered by an explosion of
gunpowder placed within the basement by a rebel of 1837 named Lett. In
1853 the cornerstone of a new monument, as shown at page 174, the cost
of which was borne by the people of Canada, was erected on the same
spot, and on October 13th, forty-one years after the British victory at
Queenston, and the anniversary of Brock's splendid death, the remains of
the two heroes were re-interred and deposited in two massive stone
sarcophagi in the vault of the new monument. On the two oval silver
plates on Brock's coffin was inscribed the following epitaph:
"HERE LIE THE EARTHLY REMAINS OF A BRAVE
AND VIRTUOUS HERO,
MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ISAAC BROCK,
COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH FORCES,
AND PRESIDENT ADMINISTERING
THE GOVERNMENT OF UPPER CANADA,
WHO FELL WHEN GLORIOUSLY ENGAGING THE ENEMIES
OF HIS COUNTRY,
AT THE HEAD OF THE FLANK COMPANIES
OF THE 49TH REGIMENT,
IN THE TOWN OF QUEENSTON,
ON THE MORNING OF THE 13TH OCTOBER, 1812,
AGED 42 YEARS.
J.B. GLEGG, A.D.C."
End of Project Gutenberg's The Story of Isaac Brock, by Walter R. Nursey
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