A gory battle just down the road.

On March 4, 1814, the War of 1812 was dragging on. Colonel Holmes of the 24th U.S. Infantry was traveling on Longwoods Road with 160 men toward the settlement of Delaware, which he planned to attack. Near Strathburn, Holmes learned that Captain James Basden was leading 150 British Regulars of the 1st and 89th, [...]

Battle of the Longwoods: What the cairn says.

Here was fought the Battle of Longwoods 4th March 1814. United States forces were entrenched on this hill. The British losses were Capt. D. Johnson and Lieut. P Graeme and 12 men of the Royal Scots Light Company and the 89th Light Company killed. 52 officers and men of these companies and [...]

Battle of the Longwoods: Mr. Poole, an earlier historian

By L.N. Bronson. 1964The late J.I. Poole, BA, of Comber was a recognised authority on Battle Hill (he had been raised in the area). Even he, as the years went by, made revisions in his account between May 1903, when he spoke in London on the battle, and 1913, when his address was [...]

Battle of Longwoods: Facts Versus Legends

By L.N. Bronson. 1964. (Name and date of newspaper unknown.)This engagement of the war of 1812-14 lasted four times as long as Moraviantown and over the years has yielded more legend and folklore than any other engagement (except the mystery as to where Tecumseh’s body was buried after Moraviantown.) Longwoods and a [...]

2012: Bicentennial of the War of 1812

In 2012, Canada, and the United States will celebrate the Bicentennial of the War of 1812. The War of 1812 took place over three years between 1812 and 1814, with Wardsville and Woodgreen area being the focal points of the Battle of the Longwoods at Battle Hill.This war ushered in 200 years of peace [...]

War of 1812: Pay respects to the fallen March 9, 2008

Members of the Upper Thames Military Re-enactment Society annually pay their respects to those who died in the Battle of the Longwoods near Wardsville on March 6, 1814. After camping at Longwoods Conservation Area and marching from MacArthur Roadside Park to the Battle Hill cairn, they hold a service where local people lay down [...]

Pay respects to the fallen March 9, 2008

2:00 p.m.
March 9, 2008
Memorial service at the Battle Hill Memorial to honour the fallen at the Battle of the Longwoods. Everyone is invited back to Wardsville afterwards for hot coffee, soup, and sandwiches.
The re-enactors march several miles in from the east, just as the Red Coats did. They start at the small park next to [...]