Battle of Windsor

Battle of Windsor
Part of the Patriot War, Rebellions of 1837
DateDecember 4, 1838
Location
Result Anglo-American victory
Belligerents
 Upper Canada
 United Kingdom
United States United States
Hunter Patriots
Commanders and leaders
John Sparks
John Prince
Richard Airey
Hugh Brady
Lucius Verus Bierce
Strength
300 Canadian Militia/British Regulars
U.S. Forces
400 Hunter Patriots
Casualties and losses
8 dead
1 steamship
25 dead
44-65 captured

The Battle of Windsor was a short-lived campaign in the eastern Michigan area of the United States and the Windsor area of Upper Canada. A group of men on both sides of the border, calling themselves "Patriots", formed small militias in 1837 with the intention of seizing the Southern Ontario peninsula between the Detroit and Niagara Rivers and extending American-style government to Canada.[1] They based groups in Michigan at Fort Gratiot (present Port Huron), Mount Clemens, Detroit, and Gibraltar. The Patriots were defeated by British and American government forces, respectively.

  1. ^ "The Patriot War", Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, State of Michigan, 2007