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Skirmish at Moore's Corners

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received word of their presence and marched to confront the rebels. The Patriotes were ambushed by the militia in the center of the village on the north side of the bridge, at the corner of Chemin Saint-Armand and Chemin St-Henri, in front of Hiram Moore's house. The battle raged for twenty minutes as both sides fired upon each other, but soon the rebels were overwhelmed and abandoned their cannons before retreating to Vermont.
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The Patriotes had been armed with muskets and two cannons by the Vermont Militia company at Stowe and advanced along Missisquoi Bay, reaching the village and resting in the Philipsburg Methodist Church. As they barricaded themselves in the church, loyalist militia from Missisquoi and Philipsburg
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The Patriotes suffered 1 killed, 3 wounded, and 1 captured. Over 600 soldiers and militia with 3 canons were dispatched to Moore's Corners but arrived after the battle was finished.
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intending to join other rebels and were intercepted in the hamlet of Moore's Corners by loyalist militia from Philipsburg and Missisqoui.
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First Report of the Transactions of the Missisquoi County Historical Society
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was a small skirmish fought on December 6, 1837, in
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Index

Lower Canada Rebellion
Moore's Corners
Lower Canada
Patriotes
Patriotes
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Lower Canada Rebellion
Saint-Denis
Saint-Charles
Moore's Corners
Saint-Eustache
Lacolle
Baker's Farm
Odelltown
Beauharnois
Moore's Corners
Lower Canada Rebellion
Patriotes
Swanton, Vermont




"The Moore's Corner Battle in 1837"
OCLC
18233814
Categories
Battles of the Lower Canada Rebellion

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