biography
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| lived:
| (1753–1825)
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| biography:
| US soldier, born in Derby, Connecticut, USA. He studied at Yale, then joined the Revolutionary forces in 1775 and saw action at White Plains, Trenton, Saratoga, and Monmouth. After the war he practised law in Newton, MA, and accepted Jefferson's offer of the governorship of the Michigan Territory (1805). In 1812 he led a small army into Ontario, but retreated on the appearance of a combined British and Indian force, and withdrew into the fortifications of Detroit, where he surrendered his entire force without a battle (16 Aug 1812). Tried for cowardice, found guilty, and sentenced to be shot, he received a presidential reprieve and retired into obscurity. |
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