son of Isaac Partridge and Lois Newton
United States Engineer, Chief Engineer of Army under Gen Hull
died while prisoner of war
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Campaigns of the War of 1812-15, Against Great Britain, Sketched and Criticised: with Brief Biographies of the American Engineers (1879), by George W. Cullum, p. 353.
William Partridge, born, 1788, in Vermont, was graduated October 30, 1806, at the Military Academy and promoted to be Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers; served till 1812 at West Point and on the defenses of Charleston Harbor, S. C.; and, having attained the rank of Captain, July 1, 1812, became chief Engineer of General Hull's army; ill-health, however, preventing his taking any active part in the campaign.
Hull, preceding his capitulation at Detroit, called a council of war under the parapet in old Fort Shelby, during which much was said against the necessity of a surrender, not a single officer present being in its favor. When Hull, to the astonishment of the whole council, announced his determination to capitulate, he ordered Captain Snelling of the Fourth Infantry "to cross the river with a flag," to which the indignant Captain replied, "I'll see you in h—l first," when the General's Aide-de-Camp--Captain Hull--was directed to perform that humiliating duty of capitulation. Captain Partridge, one of the council, when Hull proclaimed his decision, broke his sword across his knee and threw the pieces at the General's feet. Of course Partridge became a prisoner of war by the surrender of Detroit and its garrison; but a month after, September 20, 1812, he died in the enemy's hands at the early age of twenty-four.
United States Engineer, Chief Engineer of Army under Gen Hull
died while prisoner of war
-----
Campaigns of the War of 1812-15, Against Great Britain, Sketched and Criticised: with Brief Biographies of the American Engineers (1879), by George W. Cullum, p. 353.
William Partridge, born, 1788, in Vermont, was graduated October 30, 1806, at the Military Academy and promoted to be Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers; served till 1812 at West Point and on the defenses of Charleston Harbor, S. C.; and, having attained the rank of Captain, July 1, 1812, became chief Engineer of General Hull's army; ill-health, however, preventing his taking any active part in the campaign.
Hull, preceding his capitulation at Detroit, called a council of war under the parapet in old Fort Shelby, during which much was said against the necessity of a surrender, not a single officer present being in its favor. When Hull, to the astonishment of the whole council, announced his determination to capitulate, he ordered Captain Snelling of the Fourth Infantry "to cross the river with a flag," to which the indignant Captain replied, "I'll see you in h—l first," when the General's Aide-de-Camp--Captain Hull--was directed to perform that humiliating duty of capitulation. Captain Partridge, one of the council, when Hull proclaimed his decision, broke his sword across his knee and threw the pieces at the General's feet. Of course Partridge became a prisoner of war by the surrender of Detroit and its garrison; but a month after, September 20, 1812, he died in the enemy's hands at the early age of twenty-four.
son of Isaac Partridge and Lois Newton
United States Engineer, Chief Engineer of Army under Gen Hull
died while prisoner of war
-----
Campaigns of the War of 1812-15, Against Great Britain, Sketched and Criticised: with Brief Biographies of the American Engineers (1879), by George W. Cullum, p. 353.
William Partridge, born, 1788, in Vermont, was graduated October 30, 1806, at the Military Academy and promoted to be Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers; served till 1812 at West Point and on the defenses of Charleston Harbor, S. C.; and, having attained the rank of Captain, July 1, 1812, became chief Engineer of General Hull's army; ill-health, however, preventing his taking any active part in the campaign.
Hull, preceding his capitulation at Detroit, called a council of war under the parapet in old Fort Shelby, during which much was said against the necessity of a surrender, not a single officer present being in its favor. When Hull, to the astonishment of the whole council, announced his determination to capitulate, he ordered Captain Snelling of the Fourth Infantry "to cross the river with a flag," to which the indignant Captain replied, "I'll see you in h—l first," when the General's Aide-de-Camp--Captain Hull--was directed to perform that humiliating duty of capitulation. Captain Partridge, one of the council, when Hull proclaimed his decision, broke his sword across his knee and threw the pieces at the General's feet. Of course Partridge became a prisoner of war by the surrender of Detroit and its garrison; but a month after, September 20, 1812, he died in the enemy's hands at the early age of twenty-four.
United States Engineer, Chief Engineer of Army under Gen Hull
died while prisoner of war
-----
Campaigns of the War of 1812-15, Against Great Britain, Sketched and Criticised: with Brief Biographies of the American Engineers (1879), by George W. Cullum, p. 353.
William Partridge, born, 1788, in Vermont, was graduated October 30, 1806, at the Military Academy and promoted to be Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers; served till 1812 at West Point and on the defenses of Charleston Harbor, S. C.; and, having attained the rank of Captain, July 1, 1812, became chief Engineer of General Hull's army; ill-health, however, preventing his taking any active part in the campaign.
Hull, preceding his capitulation at Detroit, called a council of war under the parapet in old Fort Shelby, during which much was said against the necessity of a surrender, not a single officer present being in its favor. When Hull, to the astonishment of the whole council, announced his determination to capitulate, he ordered Captain Snelling of the Fourth Infantry "to cross the river with a flag," to which the indignant Captain replied, "I'll see you in h—l first," when the General's Aide-de-Camp--Captain Hull--was directed to perform that humiliating duty of capitulation. Captain Partridge, one of the council, when Hull proclaimed his decision, broke his sword across his knee and threw the pieces at the General's feet. Of course Partridge became a prisoner of war by the surrender of Detroit and its garrison; but a month after, September 20, 1812, he died in the enemy's hands at the early age of twenty-four.
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