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• Colonel John Prince: Battlefield Executions
  on Mar 12, 2013 in People Western Campaign Battle of Windsor
  On December 4, 1838, a band of about 160 Hunters and Patriots crossed from Detroit in the predawn darkness and took over the village of Windsor in western Upper Canada. They were ultimately chased out by the local militia. When the local militia c...
• Elijah Woodman: From Pacifist to Rebel
  on Jan 18, 2013 in People Battle Of Windsor Aftermath Western Campaign
  Of the 10 published personal accounts by Patriot War rebels, the biography of Elijah Crocker Woodman appeared last, 113 years after his death. Unlike the other Patriot War chroniclers transported to a distant penal colony, he never made it home. Wo...
• Bill Johnston: Common Historical Mistakes
  on Aug 12, 2012 in Bill Johnston
  As with any legendary figure, Bill Johnston's history has been embellished with misfacts. This post aims to correct the commonest errors. Annual Festival Folly The most mendacious makeover of the Johnston legend is perpetrated annually by the town...
• Ada Burleigh Helps Uncle Bill Evade Capture
  on Aug 10, 2012 in Johnston Family
  The legend of Bill Johnston includes a cast of interesting supporting characters. In 1838, while Bill hid in the Thousand Islands from two armies searching for him, his niece Ada spent the summer aiding her family in a time of trouble. She consoled h...
• Samuel Snow: An Everyman Freedom Fighter
  on Jul 17, 2012 in People Patriots Battle Of Windsor Aftermath Western Campaign Battle of Windsor
  During the Patriot War, tens of thousands of Americans pledged money and materials to help the Canadian rebels win political freedom in Upper Canada. A smaller number—I estimate between 1000 and 2000—actually took up arms and risked their lives b...
• Robert Marsh: Unrepentant Freedom Fighter
  on Jun 21, 2012 in People Patriots Battle Of Windsor Aftermath Western Campaign Battle of Windsor
  Robert Marsh participated in three of the nine raids into Upper Canada during the Patriot War, including the first and the last. In his memoirs—the short title is Narrative of a Patriot Exile—he demonstrated an unflinching belief in American-styl...
• Edward Theller: Friend to any Underdog
  on Jun 6, 2012 in People Patriots Western Campaign
  Irish-born Edward Alexander Theller (1804-1859) arrived in Montreal in 1826. Though there less than a year, he learned about the deep animosity the French-speaking populace had for the English government—a feeling any Irishman understood. That expo...
• Hunter & Patriot Prisoners Sent to Tasmania
  on Jun 6, 2012 in Windmill Battle Aftermath Bill Johnston Hunters
  With the end of repatriation of Hunter prisoners, transport to the penal colony dominated every remaining prisoner's thoughts through the long hot summer. Captain Daniel Heustis strived to keep up his men's spirits. That included a surreptitious cel...
• Theller: Friend to any Underdog
  on Mar 4, 2012 in Patriots Western Campaign
  Irish-born Edward Alexander Theller (1804-1859) arrived in Montreal in 1826. Though there less than a year, he learned about the deep animosity the French-speaking populace had for the English government—a feeling any Irishman understood. That expo...
• Smashwords E-book Discount Week
  on Mar 3, 2012
  Between March 4 and March 10, you can buy the e-book version of Counter Currents for just $1, a 74% discount. This is part of the Smashwords "Read an E-Book Week" promotion. (Smashwords is an e-book aggregator.) Go to http://www.smashwords.com/bo...

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