Battle of Queenston Heights ~ featuring 13 year old Benjamin Fisher ~ War of 1812 Reenactor

 

 

Benjamin Fisher ~ War of 1812 Reenactor

Ontario Visited ~ War of 1812 Celebration

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THE BATTLE OF QUEENSTON HEIGHTS

1812-2012 ~ written by Benjamin Fisher

Saturday, October 13, 2012: 200^th Anniversary- Battle of Queenston Heights … continued

 

 

When every regiment was on the field the first officer announced the regimental officers were entering Dave was our regimental second in command so he was with us from beginning through end but another regiment was falling in with us: the Glengarry Light Infantry also as the Lincoln militia. Their officer Dave McMeekin was our first in command. The officers of the whole line (all 650 men) marched on the field. They did a gun safety inspection and we then started the march. We were led by the red coat regiments and they were led by a fife and drum band. About .5 km into it we stopped at McFarland house. It was a historical spot along the way. Some of the other regiments were the Canadian Fencibles, the Mounted Dragoons, 49^th regiment of foot, and the York Militia. While at McFarland house I saw my Mom’s cousins and they stopped to say hello to me. Shortly after that I formed up again with the militia and set off again. About an hour and a half later I gave my wool coat to a female re enactor who came to take her older husband to the finish of the march. I then could move faster and led my group. At about the 11.5 km mark we started to leave the bike path we were marching on and went through the bush to the exact spot where Brock died. There was stairs through the bush and before the second set of stairs there a little 1 foot by 1 foot stone that had a BO written on it. The BO stood for British Ordinates.  That is when it hit me. It gave me chills. He died here exactly 200 years ago at this time in this spot. We finished walking the stairs and finished the march at Brock’s Monument. We were dismissed and sent for lunch. The battle started at 3:00 and we had to be ready at 2:30. The march started at 9:30 am and ended at 1:15 pm so we had a little over an hour to eat lunch. Sure enough at 2:30 I was ready to go off and fight for the King.

(To Be Continued)