Old Soldiers Monument
Old Soldiers Monument |
Year: 1925 |
Type(s): Photograph |
Physical Description: b&w; 20x25 cm |
Identifier(s): Acc. No. 13-012, Box 11, 3543 PP |
Source: Walkerville Times Collection |
Notes: Photograph c. 1925?; the monument is in Amherstburg; "this monument is erected by the inhabitants of Amherstburg in memory of Thomas McCartan, Samuel Holmes, Edwin Miller, and Thomas Symonds of H.M. 32nd Regt. of Foot, and of Thomas Parish, of the St. Thomas Volunteer Cavalry, who gloriously fell in rebelling a band of brigands from Pelee Island on the third of March 1838."; on February 28th, 1838, 300 Canadian and American Patriots took Pelee Island; Col. John Maitland sent Major George Browne, with 126 men, comprising two companies of the British 32nd Regiment and a detachment of the Canadian St. Thomas Volunteer Cavalry to recapture Pelee Island (March 3rd, 1838); the monument is now half sunken, and located in the front garden of a subdivision house not far from the town centre. |
Subject(s): Patriot War Battle Of Pelee Island McCarten, Thomas Homes, Samuel Miller, Edwin Symonds, Thomas Parish, Thomas British 32nd Regiment St. Thomas Volunteer Cavalry Pelee Island (Ontario) War Monuments |
Place(s): Amherstburg (Ontario) |
Rights: Public Domain |
Repository: University of Windsor. Leddy Library |
Tiff Image(s): Click links to download Tiff images: Tiff Image 1 |