Excerpt from In Memoriam L tier settlement of Urbana, and having been reinforced by a detachment of regulars, com menced in June their march for Detroit. Their route lay through an unexplored wilder ness, teeming with morasses and dense forests. Col. Cass' demeanor as a regimental com mander secured for him the love and respect of his subordinates, and when, after a month's toilsome journeying and terrible hardships, the expedition reached Detroit, on the 5th of July, he led the finest regiment in the army. War had already been declared with Great Britain, and on the 12th of July, 1812, Gen. Hull' invaded Canada. The force under his command consisted of the three Ohio regi ments under Cols. Cass, mcarthur and Findlay, numbering 1200 men, 300 United States regulars, and 700 Michigan volunteers. The crossing 'was effected Opposite Bloody Run. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.