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Skirmish At McCrae's House

Photos by Alan L Brown - June, 2009

Plaque Location

The Municipality of Chatham-Kent
at coordinates N 42 22.899 W 082 15.000
on Road 36 2.0 km west of Bloomfield Road.

Plaque Text

Following the defeat of the British at the Battle of the Thames on October 5, 1813, American forces controlled the Thames Valley west of Moraviantown. In early December a detachment of 3 officers and 36 men of the American 26th Regiment established a post near here at the house of Thomas McCrae. Before daybreak on December 15, 1813, they were surprised by Lieutenant Henry Medcalf and 32 members from the Norfolk and Middlesex Militia, the Kent Volunteers and the Provincial Dragoons. After a brief resistance the Americans surrendered and were taken prisoner.

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