HISTORY

October 11, 1813
Missisquoi Village

This was a raid ordered by Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton on Lower Canada, specifically the Missisquoi Bay (the eastern basin in the northern part of Lake Champlain). The goal of the raid was to reduce smuggling between Vermont and Lower Canada and to divert British attention from his efforts to advance along the Richelieu River from Lake Champlain.

Let's just say it wasn't successful . . . the smuggling continued throughout the war and the British were not distracted in regards to Hampton's crawl toward Montreal.