The Attack on the Village

The Attack on the Village. . , The Attack On The Village , Colonel "Red George” McDonnell had not reckoned with the gallantry of Ogdensburgh's militia when he led his forces into the village. While a separate force attacked Forsyth's forces on Lighthouse Point, McDonnell and his 500 men attacked the lightly defended village., They made quick time as they marched up from the river, up Carotine Street to Washington Street. When they reached the corner of Caroline. and Washington, they split into two groups. One group headed down Washington Street past David Parish's mansion, and then headed up State Street. The other group marched up Caroline, turning at Ford Street., Near the corner of Ford and State Streets, some of McDonnell's men came face to face with an iron 12 pounder mounted on a wheel carriage which had been taken from Burgoyne at Saratoga. The cannon had been a trophy from the Revolutionary War. Captain Giles Kellogg of the Company of Artillery from Schoharie County commanded the cannon. Kellogg and his men had been sent to Ogdensburgh in late December to help protect and defend the of northern frontier. As the British approached, Kellogg fired his cannon, but the screw used to elevate the cannon broke after the first shot, disabling it. With his cannon useless, Kellogg and his men withdrew, heading over the bridge to join Captain Benjamin Forsyth's rifle regiment at the fort on the west side of the Oswegatchie. , All that stood between the British and Ogdensburgh's capture was St. Lawrence County Sheriff Joseph York., Donated By Park Newspapers of St. Lawrence, Downtown Battlefield Committee , James E. Reagen, Chairman, Ken Snyder . Persis Boyesen . Francis Fitzgerald . Betty Steele . Rose Demers . Douglas McDonald . Manley Nipe . Michael Legacy