[fanfan]

I’m afraid “book learnin” is about all there is at this point because not to many of his personal friends are available for questions.

LOL, that wasn't my point. I had never heard of the man before, so I googled him.

I should have added the link to Wiki where I also found the Pierre Burton quote you posted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Procter_%28British_Army_officer%29

He is best known as the commander who was decisively defeated in 1813 by the Americans and left western Ontario in American hands. Procter is regarded by many as an inept leader who relied heavily on textbook procedure. His "going by the book" is attributed to his lack of any combat experience before coming to Canada.

[cripplecreek]

I got’cha.

I personally think the man was simply burned out and reading from a textbook written for the last European war.

I wish there was more better history on the wars in this region. It was brutal fighting in this frontier. The Raisin river was named for the tangle of wild grape vines all across this part of southern Michigan.