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Battle of Fort George
43°15′03″N 79°03′40″W / 43.250752°N 79.061111°W
| Battle of Fort George | |||||||
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| Part of the War of 1812 | |||||||
 A historical marker, featuring Fort George. (#2) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Great Britain  Upper Canada |
 United States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| John Vincent |
Henry Dearborn Winfield Scott Oliver Hazard Perry Morgan Lewis | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1,000 regular infantry,[1][2] 300 militia,[1][2] 50 natives, 5 field guns |
4,000 regular infantry, 1 corvette, 1 brig-of-war, 12 gunboats, Several batteries | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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52–107 dead 147–175 wounded 276–280 captured (including 147–175 of the wounded)[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] |
40–111 dead 111–192 wounded[10] [3][6][8] | ||||||
| Official name | Battlefield of Fort George National Historic Site of Canada | ||||||
| Designated | 1921 | ||||||
The Battle of Fort George was fought during the War of 1812, in which the Americans defeated a British force and captured Fort George in Upper Canada. The troops of the United States Army and vessels of the United States Navy cooperated in a very successful amphibious assault, although most of the opposing British force escaped encirclement.
- ^ a b Hitsman, p. 130
- ^ a b Coleman, p. 27
- ^ a b Cruikshank, Documentary History, p. 256
- ^ Cruikshank, Battle of Fort George, p. 53
- ^ Cruikshank, Documentary History, p. 248
- ^ a b Feltoe, Richard. The Pendulum of War: The Fight for Upper Canada, January–June 1813 (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2013), p. 71
- ^ Boyd, J. P. Documents and Facts Relative to Military Events during the Late War (Private Publishing, 1816), p. 5
- ^ a b Brannan, J. Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States, during the War with Great Britain in the Years 1812, 13, 14, & 15 (Washington, DC: Way & Gideon, 1823), p. 162
- ^ James, W. A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War between Great Britain and the United States of America, Vol. 3 (London: William James, 1818), p. 159 & 410
- ^ Cruikshank, Documentary History, p. 247
- ^ Lossing, Benson (1868). The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812. Harper & Brothers, Publishers. p. 599.
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