This article is about the American Revolutionary War battle. For the American Civil War battle, see Third Battle of Murfreesboro.
Battle of the Cedars
Part of the American Revolutionary War
1764 map showing western part of the island of Montreal (Isle de Mont Real), with the growing town centred on Fort Ville Marie in the upper right and the Cedars (overlooking Rapide du coteau des Cedres) in the map's lower left corner.
Cedars: all captured[2][3] Quinze-Chênes: 5–6 casualties, rest captured[5]
National Historic Site of Canada
Official name
Battle of the Cedars National Historic Site of Canada
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Canadian campaign
1775
Ticonderoga
Fort St. Jean
Longue-Pointe
Arnold's expedition
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1776
Saint-Pierre
The Cedars
Trois-Rivières
Valcour Bay
The Battle of the Cedars (French: Bataille des Cèdres) was a series of military confrontations in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War that occurred during the Continental Army's invasion of Quebec, which began in September 1775. These skirmishes, which involved limited combat, occurred in May 1776 at and around the Cedars, 45 km (28 mi) west of Montreal, Quebec. Continental Army units were opposed by a small British Army detachment leading a larger force of Haudenosaunee warriors and Canadian Militia.
Brigadier-General Benedict Arnold, commanding the American garrison at Montreal, had placed a detachment of his troops at the Cedars in April 1776, after hearing of rumors of British and Indian military preparations to the west of Montreal. The detachment surrendered on May 19 after a confrontation with a combined British-Haudenosaunee force led by Captain George Forster. American reinforcements on their way to the Cedars were also captured after a brief skirmish on May 20. All of the prisoners were eventually released after negotiations between Forster and Arnold, who brought a sizable force into the area. The terms of the agreement required the Americans to release an equal number of British prisoners, but the deal was repudiated by the Second Continental Congress and no British prisoners were freed.
Colonel Timothy Bedel and Lieutenant Isaac Butterfield, commanders of the American force at the Cedars, were court-martialed and cashiered from the Continental Army for their roles in the affair. After distinguishing himself as a volunteer, Bedel was given a new commission in 1777. News of the engagement included greatly inflated reports of casualties and often included graphic but false accounts of atrocities committed by the Haudenosaunee, who made up the majority of the Forster's force.
^ The conventional record of this battle, based mostly on American reports, is 500 Haudenosaunee warriors and 100 white soldiers (sometimes described as all British troops). Kingsford (1893), p. 59, lists these numbers, and, on preceding pages, describes in detail how they are justified.
^ abcLanctot (1967), p. 141
^ abNone of the principal sources describing this action (Smith, Stanley, Kingsford, Lanctot) give any indication that anyone was killed or wounded in the action at The Cedars.
^Cite error: The named reference K6_51 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Smith (1907), Vol 2, p. 373
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