The Battle of the Windmill was fought in November 1838 in the aftermath of the Upper Canada Rebellion. Loyalist forces of the Upper Canadian government and American troops, aided by the Royal Navy and
Contemporary engraving of the Battle of the Windmill as seen from the American shore.
The 83rd Regiment of Foot was a British Army line infantry regiment, which was formed in Ireland in 1793 for service in the French Revolutionary Wars. The regiment served in the West Indies, South Afr
Colonel William Fitch and His Sisters Sarah and Ann Fitch by John Singleton Copley
The Battle of Talavera, July 1809, where the regiment suffered heavy casualties
This illustration shows an officer of the 16th Foot circa 1845; the 83rd would have had a visually very similar uniform, with yellow cuffs and facings.