The Patriot War along the Michigan-Canada border : raiders and rebels
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- ISBN: 9781626190559 (paperback)
- ISBN: 1626190550 (paperback)
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189 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm - Publisher: Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2013.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Setting the Scene -- The Rebellion Begins : December 1837 -- Americans Leaders Join the Fight : December 1837 -- Western Patriots Launch First Invasion : January 1838 -- Fighting Island Occupied : February 1838 -- Pelee Island Overrun : March 1838 -- Sutherland and Theller Face the Courts : March and April 1838 -- Lodges and Secret Societies Form : May-September 1838 -- Theller and Dodge Escape : October 1838 -- Windsor Invaded : December 1838 -- Prisoners Tried and Executed : January 1839 -- Upper Canada Releases Selected Prisoners : 1839-40 -- Rebellion Fades : 1839-40 -- Transported to Van Diemen's Land : 1839-50. |
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The Patriot War along the Michigan-Canada Border: Raiders and Rebels
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The Patriot War along the Michigan-Canada Border: Raiders and Rebels
The soldiers and civilians who participated in the Patriot War, fought between 1837 and 1842, hoped to free Canada from supposed British tyranny, as the United States had done just over half a century before. Despite heavy losses throughout, the American and Canadian Patriots" refused to give up their noble cause. The Patriots launched at least thirteen raids on Upper Canada from the American border states. The western front, which spanned the British colony from Ohio and Michigan in western Lake Erie and along the Detroit River, saw some of the fiercest fighting, including the failed 1838 Battle of Windsor. In the wake of this engagement, many Canadians were outraged at the retaliatory hangings, while Americans protested the transport of their kin to the Tasmanian penal colony. With stories from both sides of the border, historian Shaun J. McLaughlin recalls the triumphs and sacrifices of the doomed Patriots."