Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) JOURNAL _OF TWO CAMPAIGNS OF THE FOURTH REGIMENT OF_ U.S. INFANTRY, IN THE MICHIGAN AND INDIANA TERRITORIES, UNDER THE COMMAND OF _COL. JOHN P. BOYD, AND LT. COL. JAMES MILLER DURING THE YEARS 1811, & 12_. BY ADAM WALKER, _LATE A SOLDIER OF THE 4TH REGIMENT_. _KEENE, N.H._ _PRINTED AT THE SENTINEL PRESS_, By the Author. 1816. Transcriber's Note: Printer's inconsistencies in punctuation and hyphenation have been retained. Variant and alternative spellings have been preserved, except for obvious misspellings. PREFACE. When the Author of the succeeding pages had determined on recording the events and operations of the Regiment to which he belonged, it was far from his intention to give them publicity.--They were noted down for the amusement of his leisure hours and the perusal of his Friends, when he should return from the toils of the Camp and the fatigues of war;--to portray to the view of those Friends the various vicissitudes of fate attendant on the life of a Soldier.--But since his return, many who have perused the manuscript, have expressed their ardent desire to see it published, and to gratify their wishes, he has been induced to submit it to the press.--He indulges the hope that his simple narrative will fall into the hands of none but the candid and liberal, who affect not to despise the humble and unvarnished tale of the _Private Soldier_. _THE AUTHOR._ JOURNAL. The 4th Regiment of U.S. Infantry was raised principally in the year 1808--from the five N. England States, viz. Vermont, New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island and Connecticut, and consisted of between 8 & 900 men--under the command of Colonel John P. Boyd.--The regiment was not embodied until-- Ap. 29, 1811--When we received orders from Government to rendezvous at the Lazaretto Barracks on the Schuylkill, 5 miles below Philadelphia--Capt. Whitney's Company of U.S. Riflemen, then stationed at Newport, R.I. was also ordered to join the 4th regiment at this place.