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 MILITARY RE-INTERMENT 
 
 OF ELE VEN SOLDIERS (OF THE 89th AND 103rd REGIMENTS), KILLED 
 IN BATTLE AT LUNDY'S LANE, JULY 25th, 1814 THE REMAINS 
 WERE DISCOVERED IN A DISTANT TRENCH, SEPT. 3rd, 1891, 
 AND WERE RE-INTERRED IN LUNDYS LANE CEME- 
 TERY, AT 2 P.M., OCT. 17th, 1891. 
 
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 A BRIEF STATEMENT. 
 
 tT^HE interesting discovery of eleven soldiers' remains was made while 
 JJ^'c) men were digging and beginning to extend an already extensive 
 sand-pit, on Sep. 3, 1891. After some delay, information was given 
 to memberr. of the Lundy's Lane Historical Society, who immediately began 
 to take steps in order to obtain a legal possession of all the remains and 
 relics which might be found on the private property. This was obtained, 
 and a further right— to continue the search by excavations. The place of 
 discovery is about 140 yards north of the crest of "the lAuidy's Lane" hill. 
 * Among the relics are : 
 
 A portion of an officer's coat, consisting of the lower part of the 
 back, and flaps of the swallow-tail (regulation pattern). The scarlet 
 has become a tan colour, and the lace retains some of its original 
 bright threads of silver and gold. 
 
 Seveiol buttons, marked 89 and 103. 
 A piece of a soldier's shako. 
 Pieces of belt, with buckles. 
 A port-fire box. 
 A knife. 
 A writer in the Toronto Empire of Sept. 8, quotes the following figures 
 from (^apt. E. Cruikshank : — 
 
 " The losses of the 89th, to which regiment this tunic belonged, and 
 which suffered the most severely of all the troops engaged that day, were:— 
 Two officers and 27 N. C. O. and men killed ; eleven officers and 1 7 7 N. C. O. 
 and men wounded, and 37 N.C. O. and men missing: and as the two officers 
 killed were Capt. Spooner and Lieut. Latham, one of the skeletons found 
 must be that of one of them. — [Total, 254.] 
 
 " The 89th, under Col. Morrison, were the heroes of ' Chrysler's Farm,' 
 which put an end, the year before, to the formidable invasion of Lower 
 Canada; they had arrived at York on the 21st July with Sir (lordon 
 Drummond, from Kingston, and immediately embarked for Niagani. 
 
A KRIKF STATIMENT. 
 
 "'I'he 103rd were, like the 41st, a ' boy-reginicnt,' and on this account 
 were not permitted during the previous year to serve in the field, but kept 
 on garrison duty. They were part of Scott's Hrigade, that made the famous 
 march of more than 20 miles (part of the distance having been doubled on 
 account of countermanding orders) from St. Catharines, then known as 
 'The Twelve,' on the afternoon of the 25ch, and readily engaged the enemy 
 at 9 o'clock. 
 
 " It was at such an 'evening seivice' — held, not in the church, though 
 in its very yard, and to which they were summoned, not by the vesper bell, 
 but by the booming of cannon and the murderous rattle of musketry — th 't 
 the lads of the 103rd received their ' baptism ' of fire." 
 
 We take the liberty of appending the following lines suggested by the 
 late anniversary services in the burial ground at Lundy's Lane, July 25th, 
 1 89 1. They truly and very touchingly relate to all those brave defenders 
 who fell at that battle : 
 
 AMONG THE DEAD AT LUNDY'S LANE. 
 
 Here lie our heroes, o'er their breasts we reverently tri'ad ; 
 
 'Tis sacr'"l ground, where caliuly rests the ever-living dead. 
 Here lie our iieroes ; side hy side upon this green hill's hrow 
 
 They bravely stood, and nobly died, and sleep together now. 
 
 Here loyal British freemen fought for freedom, lion»e, and right ; 
 
 And liere invading foes were taught how l?i itisli freemen light, 
 A thousand times have Biitain's sons made IJritisii valor plain, 
 
 ]Jut ne'er was fiercer battle won, than that at Lundy's Lane. 
 
 'Tis bravo to scale the bristling height, or cross the fire-swent field ; 
 
 But braver, hand to hand to fi>^lit outnumbered, and not yield. 
 And on these heights our fathers fought far, far into the night ; 
 
 Of duty, home, and God they thought, but never thougiit of fiight. 
 
 For eight long hours they bore the shock and carjiage of the fray. 
 Till, valiant sons of noble stock, they won tiie fateful day. 
 
 And when at midui<fht, sore distressed, their beaten foemen Hed, 
 The weai'ied soldiers sank to I'est and slept among the dead. 
 
 These are our licroes sleeping here; their glory too is ours; 
 
 An<l so we'll come from year to year to deck their giaves with Howers. 
 Anil, standing by their tombs, we'll tell the story o'ei- and o'er : 
 
 How l)rave they were, how true, how well they fought in dajs of yore. 
 
 And patriot hearts will swell with ]tiide to heai' those stories told ; 
 
 And young Canadians side by side will stand, like those of old, 
 United ever, heart and hand to guard what they revei'e : 
 
 Their honor, freedom, native land, and all true men hold dear. 
 
 — James L. Hu^'lics in Toronto Empire, July 2.1, 18!)l. 
 
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 rill] AllRANGEiMENTS MADE FOR 
 
 RE-BURIAL. 
 
 XI «... „range, ,ha, on Saturday, ,;,h (),„,l„.r. a, , p.,,,.. ,lu- d.Mv of 
 1 ... .n,c,„„K ,lu. d..v..n re.nains sho„|,i I,, f„|r,||.,|. Sc-v,.,al Ihousan.l, 
 "I Pf.,|,l,. wer.. a.sen,l,lr,. „n Main Sirm an,l la,n,lv's I a,K- and on 
 •he -."c.,.a,v hi,, ,Von, w,„.„ ,„c. was a grand vi«v. •„<. «, . , 
 
 we.v clos..d, and n-vcr did vi„ago a,,,,.. ,„ grcaUT advanta^ Z 
 . «aua.s ,,, ,n..s w,.,. iovdy wid, au.unu, ,o„a,.o ,in,s, d,e afu™ Ion 
 
 . y l.n«l„. an,l ,„.. an- ,U-:n an.l „.„ia,. Tlu. , „ , np l.undj's 
 
 ,. n. , d ,>as ,nos, nn,,o,s,nK. TI,o solcnn, sdains of ,l,e Land n.nrc.s -d 
 I, w,d, d,e solen,n„y of ,ho „,.,.a.si„n, and gave rise ,„ „,any ,l,o, «! ,s 
 revorcncc for l,,c pas,, an.l huml.lc |,ious hope „f ,hc future 
 
 I lie n„,,lary oontingen,, furnished l,y perndssion o, Cen. Her,,crt for 
 he o,:cas,on, cons.s.ed of Troop A., S,. Catharines; Clavalry Troon 1., 
 neenston and I roo,. E., Welland-in ..„, ,00 officers and nten, at'tl .if 
 I..fan ry a large reprcsentaf.,,, frotn a„ the f;o,npanies of „,e 44th liattalion 
 .noludtng ,ts exce,,ent ,,and and a (::„,„pany „f the j-.th-^in al,, aho, ; 
 men, ,n con,n,and of Co,. Morin an.l Major Vida,. The de,a.-h,„ent 
 arr,ve.l fron, cantp .a, Niagara, the Cavairy a. noon and the Infantry at 5 
 p.u. Havtng partaken of ,uneh in the Town Hail, the troops tnaa-hed ttp 
 o Man, Street, and when opposite the rootns of the I.. I.. H s d,e 1 
 
 A<Jj<. H.ll o the 44,h, re|,resent,ng the Infantry, and Major Currie, Capt 
 Servos and Cap., iureh, representing the three tr.,ops 0/ cavalry, ar Ld 
 M^^e casket out ,n the pr..ce.s.,ion. I, w,s wrapped in the Union ],;ck a,!d 
 on top ay s„,ne chotce bouquets of flowers that had been placed there l,y 
 he ktnd hand of Mrs. .VtcFarlane. On the casket was a cLrd beari g ,h 
 tollowing inscription : '^ 
 
 H. M. 89TH AND 103RD Reoimfnts. 
 
 Remains of eleven sol.liers killed in l.atlle Jjly 25th, 1814; 
 Re-iiiteried Oct. 17th, 1S91, 
 by the 
 Lundy's Lane His.oiical Society. 
 
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 ARKANCEMKNTS MAL»F. FOR RE-BURIAL. 
 
 Wlu'ii tlu' sdli'iiin pai^jcaiit began to move towards; the hibtoiical ceme- 
 tery the procession was in the following order: 
 
 ORDER or PROCESSION. 
 
 I»lh But till ion Hand, '^o iiifct-s. 
 
 So. 1 Co. 44tli Hiillulion, ("apt. NiiiuU'isluvs, 'M) men. 
 
 .\o. (1 (;o.. Vuyl. McMickin),', ;«l men. 
 
 Palllieari'i'.s ciirr.vinif cuskci wiih remuiii*. 
 
 No, ,'i Co., Ca|il. (irceinvood, ;<(l men. 
 
 Xo.4 Co.,Cupt. CniiksliunU, ;{1 men. 
 
 No. .'i Co., Capt, Cohoc, ;«1 men. 
 
 No. 7 Co., Ciipt. Clark, .'(1 men. 
 
 No. 5 Co. Waicifoid ;«tth Battalion, Major Vork and Ca|)t. Land's, 37 men. 
 
 Co. K. Cavalry Troop, St. Callinrines, Capt. ',ire<i(ir\ , Ii5 men. 
 
 Co. I>. (^Mieenston, Capt. ServoH, Xi men. 
 
 Co. A. Wellalid, Capt. Burcli, :«»men. 
 
 Majors Biicliner anil Ciirrie. 
 
 Puiiils of the Hijfliand Putilif Siliools of the VilluK'e, nnnilierinK some 2(Ht, 
 
 in rhiujee of Prini'ipalsOrr and .Morris. 
 
 Members of l.nndy's l.ane Ilistoriial Society, with hailges. 
 
 Citizens. 
 
 In command of the Infantry were Lieut.-Clol. Morin, Majors Vidal, 
 Raymond and Mender, and Adjt. Hill and Lieut.-Col. Gregory commanded 
 the Cavalry. At least 3,000 spectators witnessed the pageant. 
 
 Upon the arrival of the procession at the grave, which is situated a* 
 the northeast end of the Royal Scots trench and upon the site where the 
 battery stood during the bloody battle, the militia formed a square around 
 the grave, and the great i)rocession stood in order, surrounded by other 
 multitudes. The President of the L. L. Historical Society, Rev. Canon 
 Bull, then delivered the address : 
 
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ADDRESS 
 
 BY THE PRESIDENT L, L, H, S„ AT THE RE-INTERMENT, 
 
 rO-r..W a, re,>re»en.a.ivcs of Canada's ioyal people, and specially of 
 ' « l;""iy s Lane Historical Society," we are a,se,nl,lc'd ,„ fulfil 
 a <lu.y of loyalty and Christian respect, which we individuals esteen, 
 as a high honor committed to us.* tsiLtm 
 
 The duty of loyalty and respect which we are called upon to fulfil 
 dates to a ,,u,et and reverential re-in.erment of the nrortal' rc'n .ain 
 
 ^5 > Jul). .8,4. Our proeeedntgs to-day are <|uiet and reverential; outrr 
 I n,ean, .n contrast w,th the fierce strife and din of warfitre then and 
 KEv™,,,..,.,., u, a qualified sense, compared with the hurr ed vo'rk of 
 l.ur,al, and t e few words s.a,d, if any a, all, after battle, hut not l^e 
 reverentta otherwtse than at that first interment, when comrade were 
 hastily caed together to l.ury their dead, and silent tears were .^V u 
 as manly hearts feel n,ost when lips n,ove not. A Uritish poet ha gi™ 
 us, w,th tender fee ,n«, the well-known words on the liuri 1 of Sir J I 
 Mo,,re, ,So.;, wh.ch also apply to those who fcM in ,8,4 : 
 
 " .Nc.l a .Inmi was li,.,ml, ■ fiim.ial ,i„|,. 
 
 V , ^' '"'. '"'.■"■ •" '^" i-i"il.iil« m- luinii-,1 ; 
 .N^.l •■! «i.l.li,.i' ,lr..,lL-uw.,l liis fannvoll sl,„| 
 
 Dei- llu, jirave wli-re .mi- Iutii li.-s l.inii>.l." 
 
 — liiv. C. H„lfe. 
 
 Of I .l!dv^?'' ""T'v'"' '"' ' '■"'' """ ^'"^ 77 years since th. Battle 
 of 1 und> s ].ane, the discovery of these remains was made in yonder sand 
 field, al.out .40 yards north from this open grave- 
 
 " Jj'.'ii tins hill, whnv nnw we -cntlv tioa.l 
 .Mi.l oias.s ami ,<i,,ih.s, uu-iih-uIoc^; of tlie .L'a<I. 
 
 — Cmzon. 
 
 " The 44th IJiitmiior. und three troop.s of ravt.lrv (VVfllaiifn ■'-.TrtinHi-. ■.u.T^, " 
 
 
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 AIUiRKSS HV niK l'ki;sii)KNI'. 
 
 So, with tender memories, with Christian rite and ceremony, and mihtary 
 lionors, we have (( ine t<)-('ay to re-eonimit these eleven to the quiet grave 
 to he (hsturl)c'(l again no more until the day of the great Resurrection 
 trunipet-eali. The remains of two are probably those of (!aptain Spooner 
 and l.ieut. Latham, of the 89th; the otlu-r nine are those of soldiers of the 
 S^th and 103rd regiments. I'Veling a de« p sense of duty and respect, our 
 Vice-President, J. A. Orchard, Dr. H. Cook, J. C. Hull, \\\ Dalton and 
 others, have zealously endeavoured to collect all that was possible, and to 
 arrange f r this solemn occasion. The incident of the discovery enables 
 Ui in some measure to show that as a Society we desire to testify to the 
 memories of the men of 181 2-14, and give tenderest respect to this group 
 of comrades found in yonder trench after the lapse of so many years. This 
 little plot of ground now allotted to these b. others-in-arms shall be their 
 more fitting resting-place henceforth, until the whole earth and sea itself 
 shall give up their dead by the Word of our (lod. 
 
 The scant relics of military dress, of buttons, helmets and belts, etc., 
 found at this discovery shall be carefully kej)t in memory of the 89th and 
 103rd Regiments, so many of whose men fell here in battle. Alas! that 
 su(;h battle or any of the contests waged along this frontier-line were ever 
 necessary to repel invaders who had no righteous cause for their invasions 
 during a period of nearly three years. 
 
 If we are divinely taught to forgive our enemies, still we may not for- 
 get those men of the times — our countrymen — who successfully withstood 
 repeated cruel attacks; we may not forget the men and women of Upper 
 Canada who protected and preserved all this land to be handed down to 
 our posterity for all time to come. Nor may we forget to give due respect 
 to sacred remains such as these, but in the spirit of Christian brotherhood 
 sprinkle over them, as of old, the thrice-repeated dust of earth, " pulveris 
 exigui parva munera" (Horace, i., ?8), with reverence, and in humble, 
 blessed hope. 
 
 This task of re-interring is one of duty and piety. " Bury me with 
 my fathers," was once the wish of the Patriarch Jacob (Cenesis, xlix., 29); 
 so, too, the pious charge of the Patriarch Joseph (Cenesis, 1., 25), and of 
 the aged Barzillai (2 Samuel, xix., 37), So, now, these mortal remains 
 seem to say : Place us amid our comrades ! This we do. The re-inter- 
 ment of friends or kindred is sometimes an act of obedience, or duty when 
 possible, as well as of piety, when, e.(/., the old farm burial plot is exchanged 
 and God's acre is chosen instead, for its restful shades close by some 
 House of Cod. 
 
ADDRKSS IIY TIIK rRKSIDENT. 
 
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 I add briefly : The circumstances of this occasion are, doubtless, 
 sufficiently known to all present to-day. It is to our Society the first occa- 
 sion of the kind; it may not be the last. No marks but two were left to 
 show the graves or trenches of full i,ooo men who fell here 77 years ago, 
 and, strange to say, one mark denotes the grave of Lieut. U'illiam Hemphill, 
 of the Royals, and the other denotes the grave of Capt. Abram Hull, (;th 
 U. S. Infantry, as if enough to show for all the rest of friends or foes. 
 Other grave-stones tell the names of liishop|), I'atteson, Torrens, (lordon, 
 who fell elsewhere, and are resting here. Trenches deep and many, we 
 may believe, were made here and therm, on this and that side of 
 Lundy's me, as might best serve convenience and tpiick despatch of 
 burial ; and so, in time, we may suppose, other distant trenches will yet be 
 found, as the busy hand of man turns up the soil or digs deep the earth for 
 new foundations, and will bring, perchance, to view more tokens of the 
 battle. Later members of our Society may have many tasks of duty and 
 piety to fulfil like ours here to-day. Plainly we see how such a Society 
 is most useful and necessary too, in many ways. On occasion like 
 this, its members, from a spirit of Christianity and patriotism, seek to 
 prevent disrespect to the dead by any semblance of neglect on their part, 
 and by forbidding any acts of vandalism on the parts of others; they seek 
 to insist upon due respect being shown for the dead, and the place where 
 they lie — the old or young, the rich or poor, the known or the unknown ; 
 they seek to bestow honour to whom honour is due, in memoriam, honour 
 to the Christian benefactor, the statesman, patriot, soldier — Regular or 
 Volunteer. For these, and such as these, promoters and defenders of their 
 countryj The Lundy's Lane Historical Society will seek at all times to give 
 honour as far as possible, by inscribing their names, and so perpetuating 
 their memories through succeeding generations in this fair Caixac'a of ours. 
 
 After the President's address. Rev. E. J. Fessenden, an active member 
 of the L. L. H. S., was invited to speak, which he did in the following 
 earnest, impressive language : 
 
 Let us now praise famous men and our fathers that beijat us, their seed shall remain forever, and 
 their fflo'.V shall not be blotted out. Their bodies are buried in peace, but their name livelh for ever- 
 more. — Eccl. xliv. 13-14. 
 
 I am sure the eager, anxious question of every heart here is, how can we, through 
 this opportunity that has come to us, in these sacreil and filial rites the living may 
 pay their dead, give most reverent and seemly expression to our gratitude and patri- 
 otic devotion to the heroes of this battle-field? We are the heirs of their self-devo- 
 tion ; by the sacrifice of their lives they l)equeathed to us the liberty and the soverignty 
 of the "old flag" that enfolds them in this soft autumMal light ; Nature's opening of 
 her year's burial service, which we this day have left to her — "They rest from their 
 
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 liihoiirs., :niii<l Hic hIiucm and glory, ami lln^ir wtirks <1<> follow them." It we lu'licvc 
 ill the iv.^iiricution of the liody, then tlie sohlicis of Canada here to <layi i" pajiiig 
 these saced lites to theif foiiira<U's, are not only line to tlie imhle.si and niost lieauti- 
 fill sentiineiits and proinpling.s of the hnnian heart, hut to deny this service to the 
 dead woi;lil lie to dishonour and outia;;e their |iersoii>s as well as their' name. 
 
 " riie fjlory of ehililr»ii are their falln'is,'" ami tlie lieroei of (his tiehi are our 
 fathers still ; during the "7 yeai.s thai ha\»; eoiiie and gone since the terrible struggle 
 on that July alternoon and niglit, nolliing has hroktMi tlie eoiitiiinity of our national 
 life, we still hold in our grasp the Moshoiii lifieiiiiig into fruit of llu' splendid di'sliny 
 .wliieii <!od's puipose has niaiked out, through the deeds and piinciples of our fathers, 
 for this Canada of ours. Canada, never the slave, is still the ciiild and pu|iil of liei' 
 past. Hers is still the riidi inheritance of i!is|iiration and guidance her heroes have 
 left her. Her past still tinds placi-, as a iioiile stan/a, in that epic, greater than 
 ifoiiier's, the age long past of our empire ami race. .After tlies»> 77 years the old flag 
 still waves i.ver (iiis haltle-tield ; these heights still rejoice at the loueii of tin; measured 
 tread of Knglaiid's "red line" of defence against all oppression and wrong. The 
 cause of the United Kmpiie, d<!ar to the heart f>f these heroes, is still tri.iinphant on 
 (.'anadian soil, and as we value all this, so is «iur gratitude to those who preserved it 
 to us by a bravery ami devotion unparalleled in modern times. Our gratitude will be 
 •leep and fervent as we recogni/e this freedom to be unif[ue in the world, having within 
 it the Holy t 'r lil of national life. Cont ast our freedom, for f)ne moment, witli thit of 
 two of tlie nio=it resplendent and glorious of the nations: 'I'he fieidom of France 
 ere*, (iive me France that I may give her glory ! American freedom is founded upon 
 the pliilosophy that all men sire free aiid ei(i'al, and no one should be interfered with 
 in his pursuit of happiness. Tliis typ ■ of freedom, to which the American and French 
 bfdong, in ikes the iiaMona' life of man nothing mire tiiau tint of a tinic-eroilure. 
 It takes tiionght of nothing more than man's relations •,' ith his fellow. It gives to 
 our national life no recognition of ( iod and our obligation to Him. Ft gives the nation 
 no freedom to feel itself seized of any Christian responsibilities or duties. In striking 
 contrast to this, Englisl fieedom, in its birth, is the child of a great religious a, id 
 missionaiy effort. Its gr.iwth, in the Vieginning, was the oevelopmeiit of the 'I'en 
 Commaniinientsand the A[iostles'Ciecd in the life of the land. 'I'liis fieedom «if I'aigiand 
 signals to us in the cross on lier tiagas the inspiration of our life, that she "expects every 
 man to do liisdiitj" in the fear of (iod and in loving devotion to Fatlierland. Her ideal 
 of highest prosperity is not to be had va .self-glorification or in kitchen polities. The 
 legend of her inmse is: "Man shall not live by bread alone." And this English 
 freedom, our FiHglish ('oiistitntion, rational, ordered, (iod-fearing, that thioiigh cen- 
 turies lias advanced from stage to stage of progre.ss, deliiierale, calm, never breaking 
 witli her past, but making every fresh gain the ba'<is of a lunv success, enlarging her 
 people.:;' liberty while bating nothing of the height and force of individual develop- 
 ment, has given us our Fiiiglish Empi'e, the crowning glory of Time and N'alnre, 
 dowered by the ages with poetry and beauty, all that can charm tlie iniHgination 
 and win ihe loving If>yalty of the lietter fe«'lings and higher intelligeme of mankind. 
 And this freedom ami its sovereignly has been i>e(|ueathed to us, and halhiwed for us, 
 by the heroes hose memories we wouhl lovingly honour to-day. 
 
 It eiiinot, it must not be, that we shall ever suirender the priceless blessing they 
 have hai ded down to us. Were wc ever to do this we would have the execraiiona of 
 thoo" wi"j came after us, instead of the loving, tender remembrance we pay the fathers 
 of our iiitiunal life to-day. No I our Loyalifst Fathers gave to Canada her Knglish 
 nationaliiy to be our Canadian sentiment and instinct, made up of memory and hope; 
 our national spirit, which .swells every (Jaiuidian's heart, makes what else would be 
 common «uth, our fatherland of loyal English life, sacred and dear, senc'ing up to us 
 brave niissages from her loyal past untl bright prophecies of her futJire ; a future ever 
 revealinj. the lofty secret ef her parentage and destiny ; a future that, issuing forth 
 from these heroic heights, and broadening our Canadian Dominion like our Lower St. 
 Ijawrence, shall merge into the world-wide Imperial responsibilities, powers and 
 glories of the United Empire, enthroned amid her worM-encireling seas, and sceptred 
 with her never-setting sun. 
 
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