Battle of Chippawa

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Contents 1 The Battle of Chippawa 2 British and Canadian Forces 3 American Forces 4 See also

The Battle of Chippawa

The Battle of Chippawa, (sometimes incorrectly spelled Chippewa), fought on July 5th 1814, was the opening engagement of the Niagara campaign of 1814, the longest and bloodiest military operation of the War of 1812. It was American invasion of British North America along the Niagara River.

The principal American campaign for 1814 centred on sending Major-General Jacob Brown's Left Division of the US Army into the Niagara Peninsula, where it would meet the American Lake Ontario squadron and then raid Burlington Bay, York or Kingston as circumstances allowed.

The battlefield is a Canadian National Historic Site. Niagara Parks acquired the site of the Battle of Chippawa in 1995 and has preserved 121 hectares (300 acres) of this pristine battlefield, the last remaining site from the War of 1812.

The Corps of Cadets of the United States Military Academy at West Point wear gray parade uniforms, but the assertion that they were adopted in commemoration of Scott's troops at Chippawa appears to be a legend, possibly started by General Scott himself. The reasons given in 1815 for its selection were simply that it wore well and was considerably cheaper than the blue one.

British and Canadian Forces

• The British infantry, with the 1st (Royal Scots) Foot and the 100th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment) leading and the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot in reserve
• Canadian Militia, including the 2nd Lincoln Militia
• Indian Warriors
• Royal Artillery
• a detachment of the 19th Light Dragoons

American Forces

• First Brigade, which consisted of the 9th, 11th, 22d, and 25th Infantry Regiments and totaled 1,380 men.

- The 25th Infantry was later combined with the 27th, 29th and 37th Infantry Regiments to form the 6th Infantry Regiment. The 6th Infantry's motto is "Regulars, by God" from this battle.

- Ten active regular infantry battalions of the United States Army (1-2 Inf, 2-2 Inf, 1-3 Inf, 2-3 Inf, 4-3 Inf, 1-5 Inf, 2-5 Inf, 1-6 Inf, 2-6 Inf and 4-6 Inf) perpetuate the lineages of American infantry regiments (the old 9th, 11th, 19th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd Infantry Regiments) that were at the Battle of Chippawa.

• up to 500 Pennsylvania militia, smaller number of New York militia
• Indian Warriors: 500-600 allied Iroquois (mostly Seneca)
• at least one company of artillery from the 2d Artillery
• a company of dragoons (cavalry), 2d Light Dragoons

See also

• Battle of Chippawa - Niagara Park
• Battle of Chippawa - The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Battle of Chippawa - US Army History
• Battle of Chippawa - Wikipedia
• War of 1812 Canadian Awards Sorted by Current Units, Backgrounder, Dept. of National Defence.