To John McIntyre's list ("Less than glorious: the War of 1812," June 6) please add the name of William Henry Winder. Before he gained infamy as the architect of Washington's defense in 1814, Baltimore's most prominent lawyer, catapulted from civilian to brigadier general, cut his teeth at the 1813 Battle of Stoney Creek in Upper Canada. As second in command of a 2,700 man brigade, he had the distinction of being the second general officer captured in that night action.
Despite his less than distinguished service record, he resumed his extensive law practice in Baltimore after then war and when he died in 1824, The Baltimore Patriot reported the largest funeral procession ever seen in Baltimore with 15,000 people accompanying Mr. Winder's body to his grave.
