Battle of Fort Cumberland (1776)

Battle of Fort Cumberland
Part of the American Revolution
Commander Joseph Goreham, Battle of Fort Cumberland, 1776
Date November 10–29, 1776 Location near Sackville, then Nova Scotia, now Westmorland County, New Brunswick 45°51′54″N 64°17′28″W / 45.86500°N 64.29111°W / 45.86500; -64.29111 Result British victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Jonathan Eddy Benoni Danks	Joseph Goreham[1] John Eagleson[2] Thomas Dixson
Strength
400+ militia[3]	200 militia (Fencibles)[4]
Casualties and losses
"some" killed[5] 5 captured (1 died of wounds)[6]	13 killed Unknown wounded 56 captured[7]

The Battle of Fort Cumberland (also known as the Eddy Rebellion) was an attempt by a small number of militia commanded by Jonathan Eddy to bring the American Revolutionary War to Nova Scotia in late 1776. With minimal logistical support from Massachusetts and four to five hundred volunteer militia and Natives, Eddy attempted to besiege and storm Fort Cumberland in central Nova Scotia (near the present-day border between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) in November 1776.

The fort's defenders, the Royal Fencible American Regiment led by Joseph Goreham, a veteran of the French and Indian War, successfully repelled several attempts by Eddy's militia to storm the fort, and the siege was ultimately relieved when the RFA plus marine reinforcements drove off the besiegers on November 29. In retaliation for the role of locals who supported the siege, numerous homes and farms were destroyed, and Patriot sympathizers were driven out of the area. The successful defense of Fort Cumberland preserved the territorial integrity of the British Maritime possessions, and Nova Scotia remained loyal throughout the war.