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Battle of Baker's Farm

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Sainte-Martine claimed 35 houses, 19 barns, 45 sheds and stables burned and 376 families pillaged for a total of $ 146,181 in damages. 108 Patriotes were brought to trial of which 99 were sentenced to death. 12 were hanged, 58 deported to Australia, 2 banished and 22 sent home on a bond of good behavior. By the end of December the last of the Frères Chasseurs were disbanded.
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took part in the Battle of Beauharnois and spent much of their time following the battle rooting out Patriotes in the region and looting and burning much of the countryside. Dumochelle fled into the woods and reportedly died of starvation there. A report of damages done to the lands around
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to reinforce the Patriotes there. However, 4 miles (6.4 km) from Beauharnois, the force encountered volunteer troops. They were ordered to lay down their arms and return to their homes, which they did. The camp disbanded after news of British troops closing on their position.
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did not participate in the rebellion in 1837, it had been readied during summer 1838 and was ready to rise after the harvest. Led by Joson Dumochelle, a farmer who was a member of the Frères Chasseurs, a force of 400 men marched on a manor house owned by the British
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and the roads around the farm. Awaiting orders from Nelson, the number of Patriotes at Camp Baker grew to 800 of which three quarters were armed with guns. On November 8, the force came under attack by Loyalist volunteers from
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Dumochelle took his force to the farm of an American landowner George Washington Baker near Sainte-Martine on November 7. There, along with those Patriotes under Doctor James Perrigo, they fortified the land where it met the
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when it docked at Beauharnois. The Ellice manor house and the steamboat were looted, with the owners left with promissory notes by the Patriotes.
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were established all over the province to set up an underground military organization. On November 4, 1838,
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and fought off several attacks by Loyalist volunteers. After news of the defeat of Patriotes forces at the
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to flee to the United States. The British burned many farms and placed the colony under martial law.
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and seized it from his wife on November 3. On November 4, the group detained and disabled the
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and the British crushed the initial rebellion, capturing many and forcing others, including
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with him as head of the provisional government before a crowd of 1,000. Though the area of
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took place on November 10, which the Patriotes lost, ending the rebellion. The
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spread, the massed Patriotes dispersed before the arrival of British troops.
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in the campaign of 1838. Eight hundred Patriotes gathered on a farm near
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From the United States a second campaign was planned, groups of
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reforms for Lower Canada. This led to a confrontation with the
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Greenwood, F. Murray & Wright, Barry, eds. (2002).
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Index

Lower Canada Rebellion
Sainte-Martine
Quebec
Patriotes
United Kingdom
Lower Canada
Patriotes
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Lower Canada Rebellion
Saint-Denis
Saint-Charles
Moore's Corners
Saint-Eustache
Lacolle
Baker's Farm
Odelltown
Beauharnois
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Upper Canada Rebellion
Patriot War
Upper Canada Rebellion
Reform movement
Montgomery's Tavern
William Lyon Mackenzie
Charles Duncombe
Samuel Lount

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