january lexington kentucky lawyer businessman served state volunteer militia war captain kentucky hart men killed january taken prisoner day following hart especially connected politically socially addition reading law hart wife anna clay wife sisters hart wife governor kentucky hart brother law future ambassador france member members hart kentucky militia unit associated troops came elite lexington state men deaths battles especially subsequent massacre captured state national attention phrase remember american arms duration war personal life seven children second son colonel veteran revolutionary war wife gray hart originally north_carolina family moved maryland born settled lexington kentucky postwar migration west father highly successful businessman achieving wealth hart sisters married men achieved renown ann married future senator subsequently served minister france married surgeon member married lawyer married future senator secretary state hart attended classmates included western ontario father loyalist canada revolutionary war young men close stayed hart parents time recover illness hart return lexington read law passed bar set law practice city like father successful businessman rope factory city ventures crop central kentucky april hart married general governor kentucky daughter scott late husband general hart anna sons january hart location indiana near emptied river site fellow state legislator military service death start war hart commissioned captain aka silk boys volunteer unit kentucky militia later served deputy inspector inspector general army northwest hart command attached kentucky volunteer militia left northwest august general january detachment sent defense effort retake detroit british residents sent word americans asking relief occupying force british native american allies january american forces colonel successful forcing retreat small british force stationed british commander fort garrison colonel plans ordered troops area morning january forces including hundreds native american warriors attacked american troops overwhelmed right flank regulars winchester forcing general staff surrender kentucky militia command major left flank fought thought flag truce presented enemy british flag surrender second americans killed hart wounded survivors surrendered orders winchester kentucky troops escaped death capture hart princeton classmate captain british_army promised wounded man safe passage fort carry pledge borrowed horse saddle major american officer promising send help american wounded arrived acting american captain wrote month heard tell general winchester major madison indians excellent ought kill officers men official letter eye witness says broken promise included offer hart evening hart stay home recovery unable march able bodied prisoners directed hart paid friendly indian fort way encountered native americans shot hart hart estimated unarmed prisoners killed native americans january day battle known river massacre high fatalities americans subsequent massacre prisoners fuel pro war political factions known anti british sentiment era phrase remember entered day popular sentiment battle cry american troops especially ones western frontier fact murdered men known connected members kentucky elite increased public outcry dead colonel law partner counsel conspiracy trial hart death remembered modern times murder captain hart major graves lexington officer apparently killed prisoner overseeing marching detroit american prisoners disappeared killed force marched british held territory aftermath hart death memorials owing high casualties status prisoners surviving americans able properly bury fallen comrades remains american dead site interred months later remains transferred monroe michigan detroit american ensign survived massacre served official agent prisoners stated report general winchester dead army denied rites told eating gentleman told seen running arms legs parts human system mouths french people buried lives worth caught paying tribute mortality box containing american remains including moved detroit resting place interred detroit city cemetery remains asserted received final burial kentucky late mass grave battle excavated road construction monroe developed area battlefield writers state skeletons city cemetery remains returned kentucky final proper burial year investigation found evidence remains men events man painted noted portraits kentucky volunteers survivors river massacre company payroll disappeared slaughter restored missing funds militia based earnings painter painted portraits fellow soldiers memory including hart colonel allen legacy honors state kentucky named 61st county honor hart listed officers kentucky war memorial capital residents monroe michigan includes area battlefield erected monument died defending settlement engagements unidentified victims buried established park commemorate war battlefield parks nation earlier recognized state historic site previously listed national_register_of_historic_places
Nathaniel G. S. Hart