The Battle of Stoney Creek

From the Hamilton, Canada,  War of 1812  It's Happening Here.

1812 Sites in Hamilton

Battlefield House Museum and Park

On June 5, 1813,  around 3,500 American troops advanced as far as the Gage family homestead in Stoney Creek, now Battlefield House Museum & Park, and established camp for the night.  A surprise attack was initiated by the British in the early morning hours of June 6 from Burlington heights, where Dundurn Castle  now stands.

Seven hundred regulars from  the King's (8th) Regiment of Foot and the 49th Regiment of Foot were supported by  a small group of native warriors led by John Norton during what became known as the Battle of Stoney Creek.

During an intense forty-minute battle, the British captured two American generals and two field guns and forced the Americans to retreat.  This was the last time they advanced into the Niagara Peninsula during the war.

--Brock-Perry