Melchior-Alphonse de Salaberry was a soldier, coroner, lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada. From a military family, he acted for the colonial government of Lower Canada during the Lower Canada
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Fort Chambly, which de Salaberry defended during the Lower Canada Rebellion
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Lieutenant-Colonel Charles-Michel d'Irumberry de Salaberry, CB was a Canadian military officer and politician who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812. He is best kno
Melchior-Alphonse de Salaberry
…adjutant-general of the Lower Canada militia. De Salaberry was born in Saint-Philippe-de-Laprairie, Lower Canada in 1813, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles-Michel d'Irumberry de Salaberry, the hero of the Battle of Châteauguay, and Marie-Anne-Julie Hertel de Rouville. His family had a long tradition of military service, first for the…
Portrait by Anson Dickinson, 1825
During the Battle of Chateauguay, de Salaberry (centre) led local fencibles, militia, and Mohawk warriors against American forces.
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