Near Morrisburg in Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)
Battlefield of Crysler’s Farm
Pro Patria
of Chrysler’s Farm
Pro Patria
In Memory of
Captain Thomas Nairne and Lieutenant Daniel Claus of the 49th Regiment, Lieutenant Charles de Lorimier of the Canadian Fencible Regiment and the non-commissioned officiers and men of the 49th, 39th and Canadian Fencible Regiments and the Canadian Voltigeurs killed in action.
more than eight hundred officers and men of
The Royal Navy
The Royal Regiment of Artillery
The 49th Regiment of Foot
now Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment
The 89th Regiment of Foot
now the Royal Irish Fusiliers
who decisively defeated
a greatly superior force of the enemy
at
Crysler’s Farm
November 11, 1813
In Grateful Memory
of the
brilliant service and gallant conduct
of
Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph W. Morrison
of the 89th Regiment of Foot
officer commanding the
victorious British and Canadian forces
at Crysler’s Farm
November 11, 1813
To the glorious memory of
more than two hundred Canadian officers and men
— Detachments from the following units: —
Canadian Fencible Regiment (British Army)
Militia Artillery
Provincial Corps of Light Infantry
(Canadian Voltigeurs) 1st Regiment Stormont Militia
2nd Regiment Grenville Militia
1st Regiment Leeds Militia
Indian Department - Upper Canada
who participated in the victorious action
at
Crysler’s Farm
November 11, 1813
To Commemorate
the officiers and men of the
Upper Canada Militia
who fought bravely in defence of the
St. Lawrence frontier
1812-1814
Units
Ist Regiment of Glengarry Militia
2nd Regiment of Glengarry Militia
1st Regiment of Stormont Militia
1st Regiment of Dundas Militia
1st Regiment of Grenville Militia
2nd Regiment of Grenville Militia
1st Regiment of Leeds Militia
2nd Regiment of Leeds Militia
Indian Department - Upper Canada
Engagements
Salmon River, 23rd Nov. 1812; 19th and 20th Feb. 1814
Ogdenburg, 22nd Feb. 1813; 4th Oct. 1812
Hoople’s Creek, 10th Nov. 1813
Crysler’s Farm, 11th Nov. 1813
Toussaint’s Island, 16th Sept. 1812
Prescott, 4th Oct. 1812
Brockville, 7th Feb. 1812 (sic, 1813)
Gananoque, 21st Sept. 1812
Erected by Historic Sites and Monument Board of Canada/Commission de lieux et monuments historique du Canada.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War of 1812.
Location. 44° 56.565′ N, 75° 4.265′ W. Marker is near Morrisburg, Ontario, in Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties. Memorial is on Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry County Road (County Route 2) close to Upper Canada Village, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 13700 Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry County Road, Morrisburg ON K0C 2G0, Canada. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Battle of Crysler’s Farm 1813 (within shouting distance of this marker); Battle of Crysler’s Farm (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Loyalist American Regiments / Loyalists of the Indian Nations / Sir John Johnson (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); George H. Challies (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Aultsville Train Station and Locomotive 1008 (approx. 1.6 kilometers away); Holstein Friesian Cattle in Ontario (approx. 3.9 kilometers away); Aultsville (approx. 3.9 kilometers away); Sir James Pliny Whitney (approx. 4.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Morrisburg.
More about this marker. These plaques are found in the British Court of Honour and the Canadian Court of Honour at the Crysler's Farm Battlefield visitors center.
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