Battle of Lacolle Mills

Revenge

As part of a larger plan to invade and gain control of Canada, and to avenge the bitter defeat at the Battle of Crysler's Farm, Major General James Wilkinson and over 4,000 men left Plattsburgh, New York and attacked the small outpost at Lacolle Mills. The outpost contained a small regiment of 70 or 80 British soldiers barricaded in a stone mill.

Wilkinson Suffers a Defeat

As Wilkinson tried to dislodge the soldiers from the mill with withering gunfire, the British responded with congreve rockets. During the battle, the British soldiers were reinforced by additional British and Canadian soldiers. Ultimately, American firepower proved in ineffective in its barrage on the stone mill and Wilkinson and his men were forced back into American territory. American forces suffered 154 casualties compared to 61 British casualties.

War of 1812 Battles

November 7th, 1811 - Battle of Tippecanoe

July 17, 1812 - Battle of Fort Mackinac

August 15, 1812 - Massacre at Fort Dearborn

October 13, 1812 - Battle of Queenston's Heights

January 22, 1813 - Battle of Frenchtown

March 30, 1813 - Battle of Lacolle Mills

April 27, 1813 - Battle of York

May 1-9, 1813 - Siege at Fort Meigs

August 15-16, 1813 - Surrender of Fort Detroit

September 10, 1813 - Battle of Lake Erie

October 5, 1813 - Battle of Thames

1813-1814 - Creek War

July 5- 1814 - Battle of Chippawa

July 25, 1814 - Battle of Lundy's Lane

August 24, 1814 - Battle of Bladensburg

August 25, 1814 - The Razing of Washington

September 6-11, 1814 - Battle of Plattsburgh

September 12-14, 1814 - Siege of Baltimore

November 11, 1814 - Battle of Crysler's Farm

January 8, 1815 - Battle of New Orleans