CHARACTERS

Brigadier General Daniel Bissell

Daniel Bissell quietly worked himself up through the ranks, starting as a private. On August 15, 1812 be was appointed Colonel of the 5th Infantry Regiment and organized defenses in the Missouri region. In June of 1813 he was transferred to Ft. George, where he spent most of his time training troops for Wilkinson's St. Lawrence campaign.

On March 9, 1814 he was promoted to Brigadier General and transferred to the Army of the North. He fought at La Cotte Mill and was then transferred back to the Army of the Centre.

There he was part of a move to coax British forces out of their defenses at Chippewa. He was ordered to attack a grain store at Lyon's Creek. On the way, Bissell's 900 men were attacked by 750 British troops at Cook's Mills. Initially driven back, Bissell rallied his men and drove the British from the field . . . thus winning the last battle of the War of 1812 fought on Canadian soil.