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Brigadier General Robert Lucas Commander of the Ohio militia, he joined Duncan McArthur's volunteer recruits to fortify Detroit as a private! Lucas was involved skirmishing around Ft. Malden, and was ambushed at Brownstown by Native American forces while trying to secure a safe supply route. He was extremely critical of Hull's lack of leadership. He wrote to a friend: "Never was there a more Patriotic army...neither was there ever an army that had it more completely in their power to have accomplished every object of their Desire than the present, And must now be sunk into Disgrace for want of a General at their head...Would to God Either of our Colonels had the command, if they had, we might yet wipe off the foul stain that has been brought upon us." When Detroit surrendered, Lucas hid his uniform and disguised himself as part of the civilian militia who were to be paroled.
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