The Story of Isaac Brock eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 163 pages of information about The Story of Isaac Brock.

The Story of Isaac Brock eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 163 pages of information about The Story of Isaac Brock.

NO. 4.  FACING PAGE 32.

Colonel James FitzGibbon.

From a photograph in possession of Miss Agnes FitzGibbon, of Toronto, his granddaughter.  Taken by his nephew, Gerald FitzGibbon, 10 Merrion Square, Dublin.  Col.  FitzGibbon was a protege of Brock’s.  First private, then the “faithful sergeant-major,” then ensign, then adjutant of the 49th, the “hero of Beaver Dams” in the war of 1812, Adjutant-General of Canada, 1837, and Military Knight of Windsor, 1851.

NO. 5.  FACING PAGE 40.

Queenston Road, about 1824.

Original water-color painting by Charles W. Jefferys, O.S.A., Toronto, from a photograph in possession of Miss Carnochan, showing the ruins of William Lyon Mackenzie’s printing office, the Colonial Advocate, as it appeared twelve years after the battle of Queenston Heights.

NO. 6.  FACING PAGE 52.

Ruins of old Powder Magazine, Fort George.

Photograph in possession of Miss Carnochan.

NO. 7.  FACING PAGE 64.

Brock’s Cocked Hat.

Water-color sketch by Harry Carter, Toronto, from photograph in possession of Miss Carnochan. (See foot-note on page 64.) Persons interested in military matters will observe that the white ostrich plumes, which show very slightly, are placed under the flaps, only the white edges appearing.  This new style of feather display was, it is stated, in compliance with an order from the War Office, issued shortly before Brock’s death.  Previously the plumes were worn more conspicuously.

NO. 8.  FACING PAGE 75.

Butler’s Barracks (Officers’ Quarters), Niagara Common.

View of officers’ quarters.  From photograph loaned by Miss Carnochan.

NO. 9.  FACING PAGE 96.

Our Hero meets Tecumseh.This is a man!”

Original black and white drawing by Fergus Kyle, Toronto.  See page 97.

NO. 10.  FACING PAGE 109.

Lieut.-Colonel John Macdonell.

Reproduced, by permission, from A.C.  Casselman’s “Richardson’s War of 1812.”  From a silhouette in possession of John Alexander Macdonell, K.C., Alexandria, Ontario.  Colonel Macdonell, who was provincial aide-de-camp to Brock, was member of Parliament for Glengarry and Attorney-General of Upper Canada.  Died, October 14th, 1812, from wounds received at battle of Queenston Heights, aged 27.

NO. 11.  FACING PAGE 117.

Queenston Heights and Brock’s Monument.

As it appeared about 1830, excepting that the present monument has been substituted for the old one.  Original water-color painting by C.M.  Manly, A.R.C.A., Toronto, from a photograph in possession of Miss Carnochan.

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