Battle of Quebec (1775)
Videos
The Battle of Quebec was fought on December 31, 1775, between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec City as part of the invasion of Quebec of the American Revolutionary
The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775 John Trumbull, 1786
Brigadier-General Richard Montgomery's troops prepare to embark for the invasion of Canada from Crown Point, New York.
Chaudière River, Arnold's route
Benedict Arnold in 1776, mezzotint engraving by Thomas Hart
Richard Montgomery
Videos
Richard Montgomery was an Irish-born American army officer. First serving in the British Army, he later became a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. On 31 Dece
Battle of Quebec (1775)
…Quebec of the American Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major defeat of the war for the Americans, and it came with heavy losses. General Richard Montgomery was killed, Benedict Arnold was wounded, and Daniel Morgan and more than 400 men were taken prisoner. The city's garrison, a motley assortment of regular…
Engraving of Montgomery by Alonzo Chappel
General Jeffery Amherst promoted Montgomery to lieutenant after the Siege of Louisbourg in 1758.
Edmund Burke was one of Montgomery's associates in Britain.
The Embarkation of Montgomery's troops at Crown Point.