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The Glengarry Fencibles Another United Counties of Stormont,
Dundas and Glengarry Plaque


Location
The United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
The City of Cornwall
In front of the armories on the north side of 4th Street between Marborough Street and Baldwin Avenue


Plaque Photographer
Alan L Brown

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Public Library
Posted
June 29, 2005

Text from the Glengarry Fencibles Plaque
The regiment of Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles was raised in 1811-12 largely from among the Highland settlers of this region, many of whom had served previously in Europe with the Glengarry (British Highland) Fencibles. The Canadian corps was recruited through the efforts of Major George Richard John Macdonell ("Red George") assisted by the Rev. Alexander Macdonell (later Upper Canada's first Roman Catholic Bishop) who served as its chaplain. The regiment was taken on the regular British army establishment in 1812, and disbanded at Kingston in 1816. Detachments of the Fencibles distinguished themselves in many hard fought engagements including: Salmon River, 1812; Ogdensburg, 1813; Lundy's Lane, Fort Erie, and Mackinac, 1814.