William Hull
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William Hull (June 24, 1753 – November 29, 1825) was an American soldier and politician.
He served during the American Revolutionary War and was elected Governor of Michigan Territory (1805-13) and obtained major land cessions from many American Indian tribes under the Treaty of Detroit (1807).
He is most remembered as the general of the War of 1812 who surrendered Fort Detroit to the British on August 16, 1812 following the Siege of Detroit.
After the war, he was court-martialed, guilty, and sentenced to death, but President James Madison gave him a pardon, and his image was somewhat revived.
Early life and education
Hull was born in Derby, Connecticut, on June 24, 1753. He graduated from Yale University in 1772, practiced law in Litchfield, Connecticut, and joined the bar in 1775.
Later life and death
Hull and his partner Sarah Fuller spent the remainder of his life in Newton, Massachusetts. He wrote "British Defense of Brigg." Gen. Wm. Hull in 1814, and Memoirs of the Campaign of the Northwestern Army of the United States, A.D. 1812, a newspaper published in 1824, both attempting to establish his name. Some more recent scholars have argued that he had wrongfully made a scapegoat for Detroit's humiliating loss. The publication of his Memoirs in 1824 changed public opinion slightly, and he was honoured with a dinner in Boston on May 30, 1825. The Marquis de Lafayette visited him in June and said, "We both have suffered contumely and reproach; but our characters are defended; let us forgive our enemies and live in Christian love and peace with all mankind." Hull died in Newton several months later, on November 29, 1825.
Abraham was an Army captain during the War of 1812 and died at the Battle of Lundy's Lane at the age of 27. His remains were discovered in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and he was the only American officer to be buried there. Isaac Hull, his brother Joseph, was also uncle to him. Joseph died while Isaac was young, so Hull adopted him. During the War of 1812, Isaac commanded the US Constitution.
Career
Hull served in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), was quickly promoted to captain, then lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army, and then to lieutenant colonel. He served in the wars of White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Stillwater, Saratoga, Fort Stanwix, Monmouth, and Stony Point. He was praised by ordering a General George Washington and the Second Continental Congress for his service.
Hull, a Nathan Hale friend, attempted to discourage him from the dangerous spy mission that ultimately cost him his life. Hull was largely responsible for releasing the last words attributed to Hale, "I only regret that I have just one life to give for my country." When the Society of the Cincinnati was established in 1783, Hull was admitted as an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati in the state of Massachusetts. After the war, he returned to Newton, Massachusetts, to his wife's family farm, serving as a judge and state senator. In 1789, he was elected captain of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts.
President Thomas Jefferson named Hull as Governor of the newly established Michigan Territory and as its Indian agent on March 22, 1805. Except for two enclaves around Detroit and Fort Mackinac, Hull continued to purchase Indian land for occupation by American settlers, so Hull started slowly buying Indian land for occupation by American settlers. He negotiated the Treaty of Detroit in 1807 with the Ottawa, Chippewa, Wyandot, and Potawatomi tribes, which ceded a majority of Southeast Michigan and northwestern Ohio to the United States, to the Maumee River, where Toledo began. These efforts to expand American settlement have sparked resistance, particularly from Shawnee chief Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa, who advocated against American culture and landed cessions.
By February 18, Congress was planning war with Canada, including an invasion of Canada, while the British were busy recruiting Indian tribes in the Michigan and Canada areas. When Hull arrived in Washington, D.C., Secretary of War William Eustis told him that President James Madison had chosen him to lead the Northwest Army. Hull was nearly 60 years old and had no interest in a new military commission, so Colonel Kingsbury was selected to lead the force instead. However, Kingsbury was sick before taking command, and Hull accepted the bid. His orders were to go to Ohio, where the governor had been charged by Madison with raising a 1,200-man militia that would be expanded by the 4th Infantry Regiment from Vincennes, Indiana, to become the army's center. He went from marching the army to Detroit, where he would continue to serve as Governor Territorial Governor.
Hull arrived in Cincinnati on May 10, 1812 and took command of the militia at Dayton on May 25. Duncan McArthur, Lewis Cass, and James Findlay were among three regiments named as their commanding Colonels by three regiments. They marched from Staunton to Urbana, Ohio, where they were accompanied by the 300-man 4th Infantry Regiment. The militia were poorly equipped and poorly prepared, and they were resistant to strong military discipline. On the remaining portion of the march, Hull relied on the infantry regiment to eliminate several cases of insubordination. By the end of June, the army had flooded the Maumee River, where he committed the first of the mistakes that later reflected poorly on him.
On June 18, 1812, the US declared war on Britain, and Secretary Eustis sent two letters to General Hull on the same day. One of them was sent by a special messenger who arrived on June 24; but it did not mention the declaration of war. Although the second one did declare war, Eustis sent it via the postal service but it didn't arrive until July 2. Hull was also unaware that his army was at war when he reached the Maumee's rapids. Cuyahoga Packet was sent by the waterway ahead of the army to Detroit with a slew of invalids, supplies, and official papers; but the British commander at Fort Amherstburg had received the declaration of war two days earlier, and he captained the ship as it passed by. He obtained all of Hull's military papers and plans for an assault on Fort Amherstburg.
Hull was one of the victims of his government's ineffective planning for war and poor communications. When he was governor, he had advised his employees to build a naval fleet on Lake Erie in order to protect Detroit, Fort Mackinac, and Fort Dearborn, but General Henry Dearborn, the northeast's commander, had denied his demands.
On July 12, 1812, Hull began an invasion of Canada by crossing the Detroit River east of Sandwich (the city is located in Windsor, Ontario). He issued a proclamation to the "inhabitants of Canada" of Great Britain, indicating that he wanted to rescue them from the "tyranny" of Great Britain and to provide them with the liberty, safety, and prosperity that his own country was lacking. (War, slavery, and crucible) has been a source of "war, slavery, and utter destruction. After being alerted of a Shawnee ambush on Major Thomas Van Horne's 200 soldiers who had been sent to support the American supply convoy, it became clear that he would face a lot of resistance, however, and he drew to the American side of the river on August 7; half of the troops were killed; but he soon became clear; it was later determined that he would face significant resistance; Hull had also been lacking leadership from his troops and fear of an imminent attack by Indian forces. Lieutenant Colonel James Miller's crew remained in Canada, attempting to supply the American presence in the Sandwich area with no success.
On August 16, 1812, Hull sold Fort Detroit to GM because Brock had tricked him into believing that he was greatly outnumbered by his rivals. According to Brock's report, the force consisted of 600 Indian warriors and 1,300 soldiers, as well as two warships. Hull had 2,500 troops under his command. Hull's command had a number of troops under Hull's command ranging from 750 to ten60 by his grandson.
Brock sent Hull a demand for surrender:
Hull argued that the surrender was a correct move because he was lacking adequate weaponpowder and cannon balls to withstand a long siege. Later, he saved his 2,500 soldiers and 700 civilians from "the horrors of an Indian massacre."
Hull was convicted of murdering General Henry Dearborn in 1814, with future President Martin Van Buren as the special judge prosecutor in charge of the trial. Robert Lucas, the prospective governor of Ohio and territorial governor of Iowa, testified against him. Hull was found guilty of cowardice and neglect of service, and he was sentenced to be shot. President James Madison commuted the sentence to merely dismissing him from the Army in appreciation for his vain service during the Revolutionary War.