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During the 1866 Fenian raid of the Province of Canada, the Battle of Fort Erie was a surrounding and forcing of the Fenian armies surrender following a skirmish near Fort Erie and the farther-away Battle of Ridgeway on June 2.
The Battle of Ridgeway (sometimes the Battle of Lime Ridge or Limestone Ridge [nb 1]) was fought in the vicinity of the town of Fort Erie across the Niagara River from Buffalo, New York, near the village of Ridgeway, Canada West, currently Ontario, Canada, on June 2, 1866, between Canadian troops and an irregular army of Irish-American invaders, the Fenians.
Many members of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada return to the Ridgeway battle site on the weekend closest to the June 2 anniversary for a bicycle tour of the battle sites. [citation needed] In Buffalo, a historic marker commemorates the June 1866 Fenian incursion into Fort Erie and Ridgeway, Ont.
The siege of Fort Erie, also known as the Battle of Erie, from 4 August to 21 September 1814, was one of the last engagements of the War of 1812, between British and American forces. It took place during the Niagara campaign, and the Americans successfully defended Fort Erie against a British army. During the siege, the British suffered high ...
Battle of Fort Erie may refer to one of the following battles at Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada: Battle of Fort Erie (1812), a battle during the War of 1812; Capture of Fort Erie (1814), a later battle during the War of 1812; Siege of Fort Erie (1814), immediately following the Capture of Fort Erie; Battle of Fort Erie (1866), one of the Fenian raids
Originally created in 1868 to honor fallen soldiers of the Civil War, Memorial Day has since expanded to honor all U.S. military personnel who have died in service.
He joined the 19th Pennsylvania Infantry the day before the April 1861 Confederate attack on Fort Sumter and later served with the 1st Corps D'Afrique Engineers and as a lieutenant with the 95th ...
Five newly-discovered veterans of Erie County who died in World War II will have their names read at an Erie County Veterans Memorial Park ceremony.