Battle of York
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The Battle of York was a War of 1812 battle fought in York, Upper Canada on April 27, 1813. An American force, supported by a naval flotilla, landed on the western lakeshore and captured the provincia
Battle of York by Owen Staples, 1914. The American fleet before the capture of York.
United States Secretary of War John Armstrong Jr. originally planned for an attack on Kingston, but later acquiesced to changes that made York the attack's target.
Designs of the blockhouses that were built to defend York, c. 1799
The blockhouse near the Don River in 1813. Most of the militia and the 8th Regiment of Foot were positioned there prior to the battle.
When the United States and the United Kingdom went to war against each other in 1812, the major land theatres of war were Upper Canada, Michigan Territory, Lower Canada and the Maritime Provinces of N
Depiction of the Canadian militia, fencibles, and First Nations during the Battle of the Chateauguay
A diorama at the Halifax Citadel featuring pieces of equipment used by the Nova Scotia Fencibles, and the Royal Newfoundland Regiment of Fencible Infantry.
Reenactors at Fort York dressed like the Canadian Regiment of Fencible Infantry.
Depiction of the Glengarry Light Infantry during the Battle of Ogdensburg.