In A Battle

From The military heroes of the war of 1812: ...:

Zebulon Pike's Military Career

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 He became the lieutenant-colonel of the 4th Infantry Dec. 31st, 1809. From Apr. 3d, 1812, to July 3d of that year, he was on duty as deputy quartermaster-general. He became the colonel of the 15th Infantry July 6th, 1812, and was appointed to be brigadier-general Mar. 12th, 1813. But before this appointment was confirmed General Pike had been killed at the head of the troops he led to the assault on York, Upper Canada, April 27th, 1813, aged 34 years, 3 months, 22 days.

Operations At Sacket(t)'s Harbor

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Rising Up In Illinois

From: Rising Up from Indian Country:...:

John Leigh and John Kelso, an army private working the farm in his free time, fled ...and Private John Kelso came running away from the Winnebago attack.

According to Early Chicago:

Kelso, John  U.S. Army private at Fort Dearborn, enlisted in December 1805; accepted discharge on Dec. 17, 1810, when his term expired; stayed to be a tutor to the Kinzie children and then a field hand on Leigh’s farm; on April 6, 1812, marauding Winnebago attacked and he escaped with John Leigh, and alarmed the garrison at the fort; rejoined the army May 3 as a private and was killed in action at the massacre of Aug. 15.

An 1812 service record for a John Kelso:

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Mr. Barnes With A Musket

Gun And Its Parts

"Mr. Barnes, of the nail manufactory, with a musket, and fired on the barges while we had ammunition, and then retreated to the common, where I kept waving my hat to the militia, who had run away, to come to our assistance, but they proved cowardly and would not come back.  At the same time an English officer on horseback, followed by the marines, rode up and took me with two muskets in my hand. I was carried on board the Maidstone frigate, where I remained until released, three days since." [Source]

Jackson Quelled A Mutiny

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War-Swept Valley Of The Maumee

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