Battlefield of Odelltown

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BATTLEFIELD OF ODELLTOWN

IN ABIDING MEMORY OF CAPTAIN DONALD MCALLISTER, JAMES ALLEN, THOMAS DURHAM, MARTIN FLOWERS, ROBERT AND WILLIAM MCINTYRE, KILLED
LEWIS BARTLETT, WILLIAM DURHAM, WILLIAM KIDD AND HIRAM ODELL, WOUNDED IN ACTION, AND OF THEIR BRAVE COMRADES OF THE ROYAL MILITIA OF CANADA WHO FOUGHT HERE ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 1838.

CHAMP DE BATAILLE D'ODELLTOWN

A LA PERPÉTUELLE MÉMOIRE DU CAPITAINE DONALD MCALLISTER, DE JAMES ALLEN, THOMAS DURHAM, MARTIN FLOWERS, ROBERT ET WILLIAM MCINTYRE, MORTS AU CHAMPS D'HONNEUR ET DE LEWIS BARTLETT, WILLIAM DURHAM, WILLIAM KIDD ET HIRAM ODELL, BLESSÉS ET DE LEURS BRAVES COMPAGNONS DE LA LOYALE MILICE DU CANADA, QUI ONT PRIS PART AUX COMBATS DES 7 ET 9 NOVEMBRE 1838.

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THIS GUN CAPTURED AT THE BATTLE OF ODELLTOWN AND PRESENTED BY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL TO COLONEL EDWARD MARCH WAS DONATED BY HIS GRANDCHILDREN IN 1924 TO THE DOMINION OF CANADA.

La Bataille d'Odelltown
Battle of Odelltown

Après l'échec de l'insurrection de 1837, des membres du parti des patriotes, rassemblés aux États-Unis sous la conduite de Robert Nelson, proclamèrent la République du Bas-Canada et tentèrent de revnerser le gouvernement. L'invastion de 1838, médiocrement organisée et mal ravitaillée, fut un échec. Le 8 novembre, l'armée se replia sur Odelltown. Les 9 et 10 novembre, elle attaqua la milice d'Odelltown mais celle-ci, soutenue par des renforts, la repoussa. Nelson s'échappa mais la dispersion de ses forces mit fin à l'avenuture.

Following the failure of the 1837 rebellion, a fraction of the partriote party gathered in the United States under the leadership of Robert Nelson to proclaim the Republic of Lower Canada and plot the overthrow of the government. Their invasion in 1838, however, was a fiasco, largely due to poor planning and inadequate supplies, and on November 8 the rebel force retreated toward Odelltown. On November 9 and 10 they attacked the defending militia, but were finally replulsed by reinforcements. Although Nelson escaped, the subsequent dispersal of his men virtually ended the insurrection.