Battle Command and Initiative

Orders of Battle (as of 25 July 1814)

by Major Michael J. Daniels, US Army

United States Army, Left Division

Commanding Officer: Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown

First Brigade (est. 1080 men)
Commanding Officer: Brig. Gen. Winfield Scott
Ninth Infantry (200): Maj. Henry Leavenworth
Eleventh Infantry (200) : Maj. John McNeil
Twenty-Second Infantry (300): Col. Hugh Brady
Twenty-Fifth Infantry (380): Maj. Thomas S. Jesup

Second Brigade (est. 882 men)
Commanding Officer: Brig. Gen. Eleazar W. Ripley
First Infantry (150): Lt. Col. Robert Nicholas
Twenty-First Infantry (432): Lt. Col. James Miller
Twenty-Third Infantry (330): Maj. Daniel McFarland

Third Brigade (est. 546 men)
Commanding Officer: Brig. Gen. Peter B. Porter, NY Militia
Regt of Detached NY Militia (250): Lt. Col. Hugh W. Dobbin
5th Pennsylvania Regiment (246) : Maj. James Wood, Pennsylvania Militia
Canadian Volunteers (50): Lt. Col. Joseph Willcocks, US Volunteers

Artillery (est. 200 gunners in action)

Cavalry (est. 70)

British

Commander, Upper Canada: Lt. General Gordon Drummond
Commanding Officer, Right Division: Maj. Gen. Phineas Riall

Pearson’s Force (est. 1157 men)
2nd or Light Brigade (857): Lt. Col. Thomas Pearson
19th Light Dragoons (95): Maj. Robert Lisle
Provincial Light Dragoons (30): Capt. W. H. Merritt, Militia
Glengarry Light Infantry (376): Lt. Col. Francis Battersby
Incorporated Militia Battalion (336): Lt. Col. William Robinson
Royal Artillery (20)

1st Militia Brigade (300): Lt. Col. Love Perry
1st Lincoln Regiment, detachment
2nd Lincoln Regiment, detachment: Maj. David Secord, Militia
4th Lincoln Regiment, detachment
5th Lincoln Regiment, detachment: Lt. Col. Andrew Bradt, Militia
2nd York Regiment, detachment: Maj. Titus Simonds, Militia

Force of Mohawk Warriors (50): Capt. John Norton (Snipe)

Morrison’s Force —from the three river forts (est. 761)
1st Foot (171): Capt. William Brereton
8th Foot (65): Capt. Francis Campbell
41st Foot (60): Capt. Joseph Glew
89th Foot (425): Lt. Col. Joseph Morrison
Artillery (40): Capt. James Maclachlane
Assorted Native Warriors (possibly numbering between 400-500)

Colonel Hercules Scott’s Force (est. 1720 men)
1st Brigade (1070): Col. Hercules Scott
8th Regiment of Foot (275): Maj. Thomas Evans
103rd Regiment of Foot (635): Maj. William Smelt
104th Foot (120): Capt. Richard Leonard
Royal Artillery (40): Capt. James Mackonochie

1st Foot (Reserve – 400): Lt. Col. John Gordon

2nd Militia Brigade (250): Lt. Col. Christopher Hamilton

SOURCE:

Donald E. Graves, Where Right and Glory Lead: The Battle of Lundy’s Lane, 1814, (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 1997), 257-262.

Battle Command and Initiative Leadership During the Battles of Chippawa and Lundy's Lane

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