Episode 3 of 3
Surrender at Fort Erie
- When
- after June 2, 1866
- Where
- Fort Erie
Fenian invaders were surrounded and forced to surrender at Fort Erie following the skirmish near Fort Erie and the Battle of Ridgeway on June 2.
The Battle of Fort Erie involved the surrounding and forcing of the Fenian invaders' surrender. This followed a skirmish near Fort Erie and the further-away Battle of Ridgeway on June 2. Militia units throughout the Niagara Peninsula had been mobilized or put on alert in response to the Fenian occupation of the township of Fort Erie on the night of June 1, 1866.
Sources
- Battle of Fort Erie (1866) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-15
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