Battle of Windsor

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Battle of Windsor
Part of the Patriot War, Rebellions of 1837
Date December 4, 1838 Location Michigan area, USA Windsor, Upper Canada area Result Anglo-American victory
Belligerents
Upper Canada  United Kingdom 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.