American incursion across the Detroit frontier at Windsor
- When
- 12 July 1812
- Where
- Sandwich, Upper Canada (present-day Windsor area)
The legacy record places an American incursion into Upper Canada near Sandwich on 12 July 1812, an early movement of the newly declared war; no supplied passage narrates the crossing.
The event title and legacy record describe an American invasion across the Detroit frontier at the settlement now called Windsor, Ontario, on 12 July 1812. The supplied passages confirm the United States declared war on 18 June 1812 and that 6,034 British regulars were officially present in Canada in July 1812, but none narrates the crossing itself, its commanders, or its immediate outcome. The settlement was then known in relation to Sandwich, Upper Canada; 'Windsor, Ontario' is an anachronistic later name retained here only as the legacy label.
Sources
- War of 1812 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
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