BRIGADIER-GENERAL ELEAZER WHEELOCK RIPLEY.
[Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie.]
BRIG. (Brigadier) GENERAL ELEAZER W. (Wheelock) RIPLEY. Bust of General Ripley, in uniform, facing the right FÜRST. F. (fecit).
RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS NOVEMB. (November) 3. 1814. A winged Victory, standing, holds in her right hand a trumpet and a crown of laurel, and with her left is hanging upon a palm tree a shield on which are the words: "CHIPPEWA" "NIAGARA" "ERIE." Exergue: BATTLES OF CHIPPEWA JULY 5. 1814. NIAGARA JULY 25. 1814. ERIE. AUG. (August) 15. SEP. (September) 17 1814. FÜRST. F. (fecit).[98]
Eleazer Wheelock Ripley was born in Hanover, New Hampshire, April 15, 1782. He was graduated at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1800, and studied law. He was speaker of the Legislature of Massachusetts in 1812; a lieutenant-colonel the same year; colonel of the 21st regiment of infantry, 1813; and a brigadier-general, 1814. He distinguished himself at Chippewa, at Niagara, and at Erie, for which services he received the thanks of Congress and a gold medal. He was wounded at Niagara, and again dangerously at Erie; was breveted a major-general, July 25, 1814; resigned in 1820, and settled in Louisiana, which he represented in Congress, 1835-1839. He died at West Feliciana, Louisiana, March 2, 1839.