Battle of Chippawa

Battle of Chippawa
Part of the War of 1812

Brig Gen Winfield Scott leading his infantry brigade forward during the battle
DateJuly 5, 1814
Location
Chippawa, Upper Canada (present-day Ontario)
43°03′08″N 79°01′29″W / 43.05222°N 79.02472°W / 43.05222; -79.02472
Result American victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
Upper Canada[1]
Mohawk[1]		  United States
Seneca[1]
Commanders and leaders
Phineas Riall Jacob Brown
Winfield Scott
Peter Porter[2]
Red Jacket[1]
Strength
2,000[2] 3,564, of which 2,109 were engaged[2]
Casualties and losses
  • 108 dead
  • 319 wounded
  • 75 wounded prisoners
  • 15 captured
  • 18 missing[3][4][5][6][7]
  • 60 killed
  • 249 wounded
  • 19 missing[8]
Official nameBattle of Chippawa National Historic Site of Canada
Designated1921
Battle of Chippawa is located in Ontario
Battle of Chippawa
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Location within Ontario
Battle of Chippawa is located in North America
Battle of Chippawa
Battle of Chippawa (North America)

The Battle of Chippawa, also known as the Battle of Chippewa, was a victory for the United States Army in the War of 1812, during its invasion on July 5, 1814, of the British Empire's colony of Upper Canada along the Niagara River.[9] This battle and the subsequent Battle of Lundy's Lane demonstrated that trained American troops could hold their own against British regulars. The battlefield is preserved as a National Historic Site of Canada.

  1. ^ a b c d "Dispatches from the War of 1812 'Guerrillas in a Thrilla: The Battle of Chippawa, Part 2'". History Of Buffalo. 26 June 2022. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Graves, Donald E. The Battle of Lundy's Lane on the Niagara in 1814. Baltimore, Maryland: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing, 1993. pp. 64–66
  3. ^ Wood, p. 119
  4. ^ Hendry, Douglas, British Casualties Suffered at Chippawa, 5 July 1814. Ottawa: unpublished research report, Directorate of History, Department of National Defense, Canada, December 1991. Hendry's findings appear in Graves, Red Coats and Grey Jackets, referred to on pp. 135–136 and given in detail in Appendix E, pp. 176–178
  5. ^ Graves, pp. 178–179. Although Graves gives a list of 21 Canadian militiamen killed, three of the names (John Thompson, Timothy Skinner and Stephen Peer) appear twice on the list, making 18 the correct total
  6. ^ Cruikshank, p. 42
  7. ^ Wood, p. 118
  8. ^ Cruikshank, p. 43
  9. ^ "Red Coats & Grey Jackets, The Battle of Chippawa, by Donald E. Graves". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-12-06.