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History Pre-confederation (to 1867)

York's Sacrifice

Militia Casualties of the War of 1812

by (author) Janice Nickerson

Publisher
Dundurn Press, Ontario Genealogical Society
Initial publish date
May 2012
Category
Pre-Confederation (to 1867), Canada, 19th Century
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781459705951
    Publish Date
    May 2012
    List Price
    $19.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459705975
    Publish Date
    May 2012
    List Price
    $7.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459705968
    Publish Date
    May 2012
    List Price
    $19.99

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Description

Not only professional soldiers but also citizens serving as militiamen participated in the War of 1812.

The militia’s contribution to the War of 1812 is not well understood. Even now, 200 years later, we don’t know how many Upper Canadian militia men died defending their home.

York’s Sacrifice profiles 39 men who lost their lives during the war. They include 19 residents of the Town of York, five residents of York County, and 11 residents of Halton, Peel, and Wentworth Counties. Where possible, biographies include information about each man’s origin, residence, occupation, civic life, family, militia service, and circumstances of death. A section on records provides detailed guidance in finding and using records from the period to trace an ancestors militia service and life in this difficult time period.

A complete list of men who served in the three York regiments during the war identifies those who were killed, injured, captured, or deserted.

 

About the author

Janice Nickerson provided behind-the-scenes research for the CBC Television program Who Do You Think You Are?, published the books Women and Property in a Nineteenth-Century Ontario County and Ethnic Identity Among the Nineteenth-Century Descendants of Hudson's Bay Company Fur Traders, and has authored three how-to guides and numerous articles on genealogical subjects. She lives in Toronto.

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Editorial Reviews

“Studies about units of the militia of Upper Canada are rare, making York’s Sacrifice an important and interesting addition to the literature on this topic.”

War of 1812 magazine