First Nation warriors attacked the advancing Americans from the woods. FitzGibbon and his 50 men arrived and under a white flag, suggested the Americans surrender saying his forces was the vanguard of a much larger one and he got their surrender.
After the war, he remained in Canada and restored peace among rival factions in Upper Canada and also broke up fighting between Tories and Reformers in York. In 1837, he organized troops who participated in the eventual route of William Lyon Mackenzie. He finally attained the rank of Lt. Colonel.
After facing some financial problems, James FitzGibbon retired to Windsor Castle in England where he lived on a small pension as a "military knight" in quarters provided by the Crown.
He died at age 83 and is buried in the Catacombs of St. George's Chapel at the castle.
I'd Never Heard of Him Before. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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