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A likeness of Sgt. Jacob Dittrick, in Butler's Rangers uniform, by Canadian artist, Garth Dittrick. The company commanders of Butler's Rangers were: Captain Andrew Bradt; Captain Walter Butler, John Butler's son, killed in action in 1781; Captain William Caldwell, victor at the Battle of Sandusky and the Battle of Blue Licks; Captain George Dame
Butler had returned to Fort Niagara after his attack on the Wyoming Valley communities in July, sending Captain William Caldwell to Unaquaga to recruit men for the unit known as Butler's Rangers. [15] By early September it was clear that Butler was not returning to the area, so Brant and Caldwell launched the expedition with the men they had. [16]
After recovering from wounds, Caldwell went to Fort Niagara where he was appointed captain in Butler's Rangers on 24 December 1777. [1] In the ranger campaigns, Caldwell was "a very active Partisan", according to the commandant of Fort Niagara. Leading his troops into battle, he exhibited a ruthlessness that the Americans would never forget.
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Rumors of a Mexican retaliation soon flourished, and Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar appointed Caldwell as a captain on January 15, 1839, to recruit a company of Gonzales Rangers to defend the Texas frontier. Two months later, he had his company of rangers, and on March 23, 1839, Caldwell became captain of a company in the First Regiment of ...
[90] [94] The British and Natives had suffered a setback early in the battle when William Caldwell, commander of the rangers, was wounded in both legs and was compelled to leave the field. [95] The American volunteers scalped several of the Native dead, while the Natives stripped the clothing from dead Americans and scalped at least one.