Battle of Pelee Island

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Battle of Pelee Island
Part of the Upper Canada Rebellion
Date March 3, 1838 Location Pelee Island, Upper Canada Result Decisive British victory
Belligerents
Hunters' Lodges	Canadian Loyalist
Commanders
Lester Hoadley†	George Browne
Strength
300 insurgents	126 Upper Canadian militia
Casualties and losses
11 dead 11 captured	5 dead and wounded

Upper Canada Rebellion Montgomery's Tavern – Pelee Island – Short Hills – Windmill – Windsor – Dickinson's Landing

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.

[edit] External links

• "The Battle of Pelee Island 1838
• John Prince, veteran of the battle