Skirmish at Moore's Corners

Skirmish at Moore's Corners
Part of Lower Canada Rebellion
DateDecember 6, 1837
Location
Result Loyalist victory
Belligerents
Lower Canada Loyalists Patriotes
Commanders and leaders
Capt. O.J. Kempt
Capt. Hiram Moore
Dr. Cyrille Côté
Julien Gagnon (WIA)
Col. Pierre-Rémi Narbonne
Units involved
Missisquoi Militia
Philipsburg Volunteers
Patriotes
Strength
200+ 80
Casualties and losses
No casualties 1 killed
3 wounded
1 taken prisoner

The Skirmish at Moore's Corners was a small skirmish fought on December 6, 1837, in Moore's Corners during the Lower Canada Rebellion. A group of 80 Patriotes marched into Canada from Swanton, Vermont intending to join other rebels and were intercepted in the hamlet of Moore's Corners by loyalist militia from Philipsburg and Missisqoui.[1]

  1. ^ "The Moore's Corner Battle in 1837". First Report of the Transactions of the Missisquoi County Historical Society. St. John's, P. Q.: Missisquoi County Historical Society: 67–73. OCLC 18233814.