The War of 1812:

Soldiering in Canada
Social 7
Who Served in Upper Canada? (The Warriors)
John le couteur served in upper Canada in 1812.
People who defended Canada were British citizens
An advantage to serving as an officer was that they could quit
Officers could only resign with permission of a senior officer
The soldiers would be killed or sent to prison if they ran off and quit
William Hamilton Merritt was expected to serve a leadership capacity called
the Provincial Dragoons.
British soldiers got kidnapped by the united states and were put in prison
Enlisted Men (Dark Smexy Unicorns)
Troops in garrison had better chances at fresh food and vegetables.
They had a lot of food shortages.
The soldiers lived in barracks such as groups.
They also slept in tents and barns.
Men slept in the open.
Tactics (Turtles)
Young teenagers were forced to go to war
Men stood in two lines, side by side, and fired their muskets smoothly
First Nations warriors were employed as light troops
The muskets fired lots of small iron balls and fragments widely