Battle of Pelee Island

Battle of Pelee Island



Plaque commemorating Pelee Island BattleInfobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Pelee Island
partof=the Upper Canada Rebellion
date=March 3, 1838
place=Pelee Island, Upper Canada
result=Decisive British victory
combatant1=flagicon|USA Hunters' Lodges
combatant2=flagicon|United Kingdom Canadian Loyalist
commander1=Lester Hoadley†
commander2=George Browne
strength1=300 insurgents
strength2=126 Upper Canadian militia
casualties1=11 dead
11 captured
casualties2=5 dead and wounded|

The Patriot War occurred along what is now the Michigan-Ontario border in 1837 and 1838 involving small groups of men on each side of the border seeking to "liberate" Upper Canada. On February 23, 1838 the frozen ice of Lake Erie allowed 300 Canadian "Patriots" and American Hunter Patriots under the command of "Major" Lester Hoadley to take Pelee Island at the western end of the lake. This prompted British Colonel John Maitland to send a force to recapture the island and secure it from further attack. Maitland sent detachment of 126 men under Major George Browne to cut off the fleeing forces. On March 3, 1838, Browne's force intercepted the Patriots and Hunters on the ice just off the south western shore of the island and defeated them in a sharp fight.

External links

* [http://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_DEF/Plaque_Essex34.html "The Battle of Pelee Island 1838]
* [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38782&query=Colonel%20AND%20John%20AND%20Prince John Prince, veteran of the battle]


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