The Patriot War along the Michigan-Canada border : raiders and rebels
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- ISBN: 9781625845115 (electronic bk)
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remote - Publisher: 2013.
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Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. San Francisco : The History Press, 2013. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2013 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
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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.