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some made cartridges. Before evening, nearly 2000 cartridges had been made, each containing a ball and three buckshot. Other provisions, canteens, knapsacks, blankets and camp equipment were provided, all at the expense of private individuals. Early the next morning they started for Urbana. In less than 24 hours, a large company of volunteers had been raised, completely equipped, and was on the march through a hostile and wilderness country.
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court house and elected Henry Brush, Captain. Being without uniform they agreed upon a suitable one, immediately purchased the stuff, and through the exertions of the ladies they were all completed before evening. Meanwhile, the rest of the citizens made molds and then molded bullets and buckshot;
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Henry Brush's company went to Urbana and were joined by more volunteers. He then made his way north with 280 men, 100 beef cattle, and the other provisions. When Brush and his company of Ohio volunteers were near the River Raisin, he sent word to
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ready to be packed on horses, but awaiting a convoy of troops to protect them and open a new road, as the old one was almost impassable. On the next morning (Sunday) at
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with a detachment of two hundred riflemen of the Ohio volunteers to join
Captain Brush and escort him safely to the American garrison, but Van Horne's troops were surprised by a small Indian force led by Tecumseh. In the
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435:, the American soldiers were panic-stricken and fled precipitously with a loss of eighteen killed, thirteen wounded and seventy missing. Hull sent another American detachment of six hundred men under
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Northern Ohio during the War of 1812, from manuscripts in the collection of the
Western Reserve Historical Society. Cleveland, Ohio: The Western Reserve Historical Society, 1913, 117 pgs.
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Families. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (reprints from The New York Genealogical and Bibliographical Record magazines), 1987.
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in 1777, the youngest son of Lemuel and Mary (Per Lee) Brush. Henry completed preparatory studies and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1803 and commenced practice in
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traveled around Ohio and was feted wherever he appeared. At a three-day celebration in
Chillecothe, it was said that Henry Brush entertained 2,500 people at meals in his home.
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Weisenburger, Francis P. The passing of the frontier from 1825 to 1850. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State
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the Americans were met by a force of four hundred British, commanded by Major Muir, and five hundred Indians led by Tecumseh, Marpot and
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Ohio archaeological and historical quarterly. Columbus, Ohio: Press of F.J. Heer, 1906, 520 pgs.
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Brush, George Rawson. Of the Brush family in America. Sayville, N.Y.: unknown, 1891, 10 pgs.
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