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Brigadier General John Parker Boyd Boyd commanded a brigade attacking Fort George on May 27th 1813. In the fall of 1813, Boyd was sent on the same overland journey as the 23rd Regiment to join Major General Wilkinson on an expedition Into Lower Canada to attack LaColle Mill. When Major General Hampton, suffered a defeat at Chateauguay, Boyd was one of the officers who urged Wilkinson to continue on to Montreal. On November 11, upon learning of the two British regiments at John Chrysler's Farm, Wilkinson sent Boyd to attack them there. During the ensuing battle, Boyd launched three separate frontal assaults, hoping to dislodge the British. The British regulars, under Lieutenant Colonel Morrison broke each attack. After little more than an hour, the Americans were forced to withdraw . . . despite outnumbering their opponents. Boyd was sidelined for this poor performance for the rest of the war.
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