During the remainder of 1814, the regiment performed outpost duty during the unsuccessful Siege of Fort Erie and a detachment was present at the Battle of Malcom's Mills, the last action of the war on the Niagara Peninsula.
Two Irish-born soldiers of the regiment, John Henry and John Blueman, are notable for their alleged involvement in one of Toronto's most enduring mysteries -- the 2 January 1815 murder of John Paul Radelmuller, keeper of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse. Tradition holds that Radelmuller was killed by several soldiers from Fort York in a dispute over alcohol.
Research by one person has shown that these two were tried in March 1815 for the murder, although they were ultimately acquitted of the crime.
The regiment was disbanded in 1816.
Today the regiment's history and service is commemorated by the Canadian Army's Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, an Army Reserve regiment headquartered in Cornwall, Ontario. It has the words Glengarry Fencibles on its badge.
--Brock-Perry
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