CHARACTERS

Major General Isaac Brock

In 1803 Brock was given command of the 49th Regiment of Foot, stationed in Quebec. In 1810 he was given command of all British forces in Upper Canada . But Brock didn't want to be in Canada ... he desperately wanted to be in Spain with Wellington. He frequently wrote letters requesting reassignment. In the end, when he received that permission to be reassigned, he turned it down.

Unlike any other Englishman, both in North America and at home, he foresaw war with the US as early as 1807. Acting accordingly he rebuild defenses, trained and raised local troops and organized operations. Seeing what the US policy of western expansion was doing to native Americans, Brock was busy recruiting them as allies as early as March 1812.

He completely outfoxed Hull in Detroit and then moved one to the Niagara region. Brock was convinced that the main American effort would be here ... even though the best strategy would have been to capture Kingston and cut off the St. Lawrence.

Unfortunately, in the very first battle in this theater, Queenston Heights, he is killed, ending what would most likely have been a very promising career.