"Who Served in Upper Canada?" Topic

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Tango01	31 Dec 2020 2:53 p.m. PST
"The professional core of the defenders of Upper Canada during the War of 1812 were the British regulars who garrisoned the forts and smaller posts from Cornwall to Fort St. Joseph on Lake Huron. They were augmented by "Fencibles units" which were colonial regulars raised in the various parts of British North America, the most prominent being the Newfoundland Fencibles and the Voltigeurs raised in Lower Canada. The last and largest component of the military in Upper Canada were the local militia…." Main page link Amicalement Armand
Editor in Chief Bill	31 Dec 2020 7:42 p.m. PST
Courtesy of the Ontario archives

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