Adam Walker, a son of John Walker (and Mary Willard) of Worcester, and Barre, MA, enlisted in the regular army at Worcester, was in the battle of Tippecanoe, and was hit by bullets several times. In later service he was with Hull's army at Detroit, was included in the surrender, and sent to Halifax. After his exchange he wrote a book reflecting severely on General Hull. A copy is in the possession of The Worcester Society of Antiquity among the treasures of the George Allen Library. (from "Military History of Worcester", B.F.P. Rice, 1895, page 7)
His enlistment record reads Walker, Adam, Musician, 4 US Inf. 8 5 1/2 , Eyes, Hair and Complexion, Dark, age 26, Occupation, Printer, Nov. 10, 1808, at Worcester, by Capt. Whitney , for 5 years, Remarks: Bk. 685. Wounded in action with the Indians Nov. 7, 1811, at Tippecanoe, of late Whitneys.s co. of Rifles. On Rolls of carded prisoners of war of Capt. O G Burtons C o. Furloughed under G.O. of Dec. 11 1812.Discharged Nov 10 or 15, 1813. Term expired.
Adam served his apprenticeship as a printer in the shop of ISAIAH THOMAS in Worcester. He worked as a printer in Keene, NH, in the early years of the Keene SENTINEL PRESS, and it was there that Adam's journal was published, in 1816.
Adam Walker died in Boston, and his death record says he was buried in "C. Hill, N.G.", Boston.
From Tippecanoe: "In Their Words"
by David M. Grabitske Adam Walker, remembered it thus:
The country being extremely rough and mountainous, our soldiers pressed beneath the weight of our cumbrous knapsacks, our feet swollen and blistered, and performing toilsome marches beneath a burning sun, amid clouds of dust, in the warmest season of the year, rendered our situation painful in the extreme, and at times almost insupportable.
(Adam Walker, A Journal of the 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 and 1812 (Keene, NH: Sentinel Press)
His enlistment record reads Walker, Adam, Musician, 4 US Inf. 8 5 1/2 , Eyes, Hair and Complexion, Dark, age 26, Occupation, Printer, Nov. 10, 1808, at Worcester, by Capt. Whitney , for 5 years, Remarks: Bk. 685. Wounded in action with the Indians Nov. 7, 1811, at Tippecanoe, of late Whitneys.s co. of Rifles. On Rolls of carded prisoners of war of Capt. O G Burtons C o. Furloughed under G.O. of Dec. 11 1812.Discharged Nov 10 or 15, 1813. Term expired.
Adam served his apprenticeship as a printer in the shop of ISAIAH THOMAS in Worcester. He worked as a printer in Keene, NH, in the early years of the Keene SENTINEL PRESS, and it was there that Adam's journal was published, in 1816.
Adam Walker died in Boston, and his death record says he was buried in "C. Hill, N.G.", Boston.
From Tippecanoe: "In Their Words"
by David M. Grabitske Adam Walker, remembered it thus:
The country being extremely rough and mountainous, our soldiers pressed beneath the weight of our cumbrous knapsacks, our feet swollen and blistered, and performing toilsome marches beneath a burning sun, amid clouds of dust, in the warmest season of the year, rendered our situation painful in the extreme, and at times almost insupportable.
(Adam Walker, A Journal of the 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 and 1812 (Keene, NH: Sentinel Press)
Adam Walker, a son of John Walker (and Mary Willard) of Worcester, and Barre, MA, enlisted in the regular army at Worcester, was in the battle of Tippecanoe, and was hit by bullets several times. In later service he was with Hull's army at Detroit, was included in the surrender, and sent to Halifax. After his exchange he wrote a book reflecting severely on General Hull. A copy is in the possession of The Worcester Society of Antiquity among the treasures of the George Allen Library. (from "Military History of Worcester", B.F.P. Rice, 1895, page 7)
His enlistment record reads Walker, Adam, Musician, 4 US Inf. 8 5 1/2 , Eyes, Hair and Complexion, Dark, age 26, Occupation, Printer, Nov. 10, 1808, at Worcester, by Capt. Whitney , for 5 years, Remarks: Bk. 685. Wounded in action with the Indians Nov. 7, 1811, at Tippecanoe, of late Whitneys.s co. of Rifles. On Rolls of carded prisoners of war of Capt. O G Burtons C o. Furloughed under G.O. of Dec. 11 1812.Discharged Nov 10 or 15, 1813. Term expired.
Adam served his apprenticeship as a printer in the shop of ISAIAH THOMAS in Worcester. He worked as a printer in Keene, NH, in the early years of the Keene SENTINEL PRESS, and it was there that Adam's journal was published, in 1816.
Adam Walker died in Boston, and his death record says he was buried in "C. Hill, N.G.", Boston.
From Tippecanoe: "In Their Words"
by David M. Grabitske Adam Walker, remembered it thus:
The country being extremely rough and mountainous, our soldiers pressed beneath the weight of our cumbrous knapsacks, our feet swollen and blistered, and performing toilsome marches beneath a burning sun, amid clouds of dust, in the warmest season of the year, rendered our situation painful in the extreme, and at times almost insupportable.
(Adam Walker, A Journal of the 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 and 1812 (Keene, NH: Sentinel Press)
His enlistment record reads Walker, Adam, Musician, 4 US Inf. 8 5 1/2 , Eyes, Hair and Complexion, Dark, age 26, Occupation, Printer, Nov. 10, 1808, at Worcester, by Capt. Whitney , for 5 years, Remarks: Bk. 685. Wounded in action with the Indians Nov. 7, 1811, at Tippecanoe, of late Whitneys.s co. of Rifles. On Rolls of carded prisoners of war of Capt. O G Burtons C o. Furloughed under G.O. of Dec. 11 1812.Discharged Nov 10 or 15, 1813. Term expired.
Adam served his apprenticeship as a printer in the shop of ISAIAH THOMAS in Worcester. He worked as a printer in Keene, NH, in the early years of the Keene SENTINEL PRESS, and it was there that Adam's journal was published, in 1816.
Adam Walker died in Boston, and his death record says he was buried in "C. Hill, N.G.", Boston.
From Tippecanoe: "In Their Words"
by David M. Grabitske Adam Walker, remembered it thus:
The country being extremely rough and mountainous, our soldiers pressed beneath the weight of our cumbrous knapsacks, our feet swollen and blistered, and performing toilsome marches beneath a burning sun, amid clouds of dust, in the warmest season of the year, rendered our situation painful in the extreme, and at times almost insupportable.
(Adam Walker, A Journal of the 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 and 1812 (Keene, NH: Sentinel Press)
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