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February 10, 1815 Landing at the far end of Dauphine Island, Gen. Lambert led the 4th, 21st and 44th Regiments of Foot on a three mile march to Ft. Bowyer. Once they arrived with 200 yards of the fort they began to dig siege works and bring up artillery. By the morning of the 11th they had emplacements for eight mortars, two howitzers, four 18-pounders and two 6-pounders. In addition, they had dig trenches to within 25 yards of the fort. At 10AM Lambert sent a demand for the forts surrender. By noon, Col. William Lawrence, accepted the surrender terms and marched 370 men of the 2nd Infantry Regiment out of the fort to lay down their arms. Shortly after the surrender, 1,000 Americans arrived as reinforcements from Mobile, but marched back when they saw the Union Jack flying over the ramparts. The next day a ship from England arrived at the fort with the news of the Treaty of Ghent.
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