person, but escaped detection. He then went to Canada, where he remained until its conquest by the British, after which he returned to France. In 1777, during the war of the revolution, he came a second time to the U. States, and offered his services to congress. They were accepted, and he was soon after made a major-general. At first he was placed in the northern army, but when the danger which threatened Charleston from the formidable expedition under sir Henry Clinton, in 1778, rendered it necessary to reinforce the American troops in the south, a detachment was sent to them, consisting of the Maryland and Delaware lines, which were put under his command. Before he could arrive, however, at the scene of action, general Lincoln had been made prisoner, and the direction of the whole southern army in consequence devolved upon the baron, until the appointment of general Gates. August 15th, Gates was defeated near Camden by lord Rawdon, and in the battle, baron de Kalb, who commanded the right wing, fell, covered with wounds, while gallantly fighting on foot. A tomb was erected to his memory, by order of congress, in the cemetery of Camden.
RICHARD MONTGOMERY.
Richard Montgomery, a major-general in the army of the U. States,
was born in 1737, in the north of Ireland. He embraced the profession
of arms, and served under Wolfe, at Quebec, in 1759; but, on his return
to England, he left his regiment, although his prospects for promotion were
fair. He then removed to America, for which country he entertained a
deep affection; he purchased an estate in New York, about 100 miles from
the city, and married a daughter of judge Livingston. His feelings in favor
of America were so well known, that, on the commencement of the
revolutionary struggle, he was entrusted with the command of the continental
forces in the northern department, in conjunction with general
Schuyler. The latter, however, fell sick, and the chief command in consequence,
devolved upon Montgomery, who, after various successes (the
reduction of fort Chamblee, the capture of St. John's, and of Montreal),
proceeded to the siege of Quebec. This he commenced Dec. 1, 1775,
after having formed a junction with colonel Arnold, at Point-aux-Trembles;
but, as his artillery was not of sufficient calibre to make the requisite
impression, he determined upon attempting the capture of the place
by storm. He made all his arrangemeuts, and advanced, at the head of
the New York troops, along the St. Lawrence. He assisted, with his own
hands, in pulling up the pickets that obstructed his approach to the second
barrier, which he was resolved to force, when the only gun fired from
the battery of the enemy killed him and his two aid-de-camps. The three
fell at the same time, and rolled upon the ice formed on the river. The
next day his body was brought into Quebec, and buried without any mark
of distinction. Congress directed a monument, with an inscription, to be
erected to his memory, and placed in front of St. Paul's church, in New
York, and, July 8, 1818, his remains were brought from Quebec, in consequence
of a resolve of the state of New York, and interred near the
monument. General Montgomery was gifted with fine abilities, and had
received an excellent education. His military talents, especially, were
great; his measures were taken with judgment, and executed with vigor
