Chippawa Battlefield Panel 6

In the days after the battle, General Brown's victorious troops advanced another 25 kilometers (18 miles) north to Fort George before retiring to Niagara Falls when more British troops arrived. They met British forces again on 25 July along another farmer's lane, where 1,800 more men were killed and wounded. After the bloody Battle of Lundy's Lane, American forces passed the field and graves of the Battle of Chippawa as they withdrew to Fort Erie. The U.S. Army successfully defended Fort Erie through a six week siege during which another 3,200 troops became casualties. Reinforced with another 5,000 men, the U.S. Army advanced again to Chippawa, tried to cross the Chippawa River 12 kilometers (9 miles) west of here, and was checked by Canadian and British troops at the Battle of Cook's Mills on 19 October 1814. The U.S. forces again returned to Fort Erie, and with winter coming on, they blew up the fort and on 5 November 1814 went home. The Treaty of Ghent was signed 24 December 1814, formally ending the War of 1812. In 1995, the surrounding 300 acres (121 hectares) of land was acquired by the Niagara Parks Commission to preserve the battlefield. The national cairn, erected in 2001 by Niagara Parks, is dedicated to the regiments and First Nations warriors who fought at Chippawa and to the lasting peace between Canada and the United States. It was constructed of cobblestones donated by Fort Niagara in Youngstown, New York, and cannon balls from Fort George in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, both key sites in the War of 1812.

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