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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 ...
The Capture of Fort Erie by American forces in 1814 was a battle in the War of 1812 between the United Kingdom and the United States. The British garrison was outnumbered but surrendered prematurely, in the view of British commanders.
Old Fort Erie, also known as Fort Erie, or the Fort Erie National Historic Site of Canada, was the first British fort to be constructed as part of a network developed after the Seven Years' War (known as "the French and Indian War" in the colonies) was concluded by the Treaty of Paris (1763), at which time France ceded its territories east of the Mississippi River (all of New France) to Great ...
Map of the Niagara Frontier in 1814. Following Lundy's Lane, American forces fell back to Fort Erie, losing the initiative on the Niagara Peninsula. In the early hours of the morning of 26 July, Brown ordered Ripley to recover the abandoned British guns the next day.
British siege of Fort Erie (2 August – 21 September 1814) failed to drive the Americans from that outpost on Canadian soil, but on 5 November they withdrew voluntarily. Commodore Thomas Macdonough's victory over the British fleet on Lake Champlain (11 September 1814) compelled Sir George Prevost , Governor General of Canada, to call off his ...
Izard later destroyed Fort Erie and returned to the U.S. side of the river. Drummond moved to the remains of the fort but chose not to rebuild it, and the fighting along the Niagara Frontier came to an end. The site of the battle was designated a National Historic Site in 1921, and is a unit of the national park system.
Map of the Niagara Frontier in 1814 depicting locations of the Battle of Chippawa and Lundy's Lane. Following Lundy's Lane, American forces fell back to Fort Erie, losing the initiative on the Niagara Peninsula. By early July, Brown's division was massed at the Niagara, in accordance with Armstrong's alternate orders.
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