X
  • Home
  • Timeline of 1812
    • History of 1812 in Video
    • Service in India >
      • Fight against Spain
    • War in the Canadas >
      • Garrisons
  • Dragoon Info
    • Rank Structure
    • Unit Competencies
    • Camp Follower Impression
    • Dress
  • Members
    • Dragoons and Mounts
    • Aides De Camp
    • Associate Members
    • Retired Members
    • B Troop
  • Yearly Events
    • Upcoming Dragoon Events
    • Upcoming Unit Training Days
  • Photos
    • Drill Weekends
    • Fort St. Jean
    • Gunboat Weekend
    • Drill in The East 2016
    • XIX Christmas Dinner 2015
    • Dunvegan Pioneer Village
    • Communities for Veterans Foundation Ride Across Canada
    • Pineys Point
    • Crysler's Farm
    • Stoney Creek
    • UEL Park
    • Ottawa Cancer Parade
    • Ottawa Locks
    • Napoleonic Picnic
    • Trois-Rivieres Race Track
    • Bicentennial Battle of Cook's Mills
    • Raid on the Talbot Settlements
    • L'exposition Les Trésors de Napoléon
    • Fort York
    • Fort Erie
    • Fort George
    • Isle-Aux-Noix
    • Fort Lennox
    • Lacolle Block House
    • 19th Historical Relics
  • Contact Us
    • Items Requested by Cavalry for Events >
      • Notes
    • Locations
    • Friends
    • Sutlers
    • Compatriots
    • Antagonists
    • Associates

Light Dragoons in Defence of Dover Mills


      Lieutenant Campbell, an American, attempted an amphibious landing with 700 men from Norfolk County near Dover.  The exact location has now been lost to history.  Here they were meet by a small contingent of Dragoons from the XIX Light. The Dragoons and Americans exchanged a few volleys of shots  before the Dragoons retired from the field to warn the local Militia.  
Picture
     The Americans secured their beach head. Once the immediate area was secure they made camp overnight at the landing site.  The next day the American troops proceeded into the town of Dover.  Burning down the mills and private homes of the towns people.  The Americans slaughtered the livestock and upon finishing their heinous task returned to the landing site.
Picture
 The next day they set to sail and landed in Port Ryerse.  Here they meet with resistance again.  The Americans turned the Boats cannons on the British who then left rather than contest the matter further.  The Americans landed unmolested and proceeded to the Village.  They Burnt the entire town down save for that of Mrs. Ryerse homestead which they left untouched.  The Americans then re-embarked and sailed away
Picture
     The Hamlet of Dover never recovered.  It became a ghost town until after the war.  In 1830 a population finally started to begin to repopulate the area.  The war had taken its toll on this small area of Upper Canada.

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.