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Excerpt from Washington-Lincoln and Grant: An Address by General James Grant Wilson Delivered Before the New York Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, April 6, 1903Another interesting statement which the second Duke made to me was that when his father, in the second war with England, was assigned to the command of the expedition sent out against the city of Washington and New Orleans, he declined the com mand on the ground that he would not fight against Washing ton's countrymen. And when the government asked for the names of three officers from whom a commander could be selected, Wellington wrote, Sir Edward Packenham, Sir Edward Packenham, Sir Edward Packe'nham, and so poor Sir Edward was sent to New Orleans to meet his death in the most disgraceful and disastrous defeat ever sustained by a British army.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.