battle, nineteenth century

Pigeon Hill Raid

Name: Pigeon Hill Raid
Location: Frelighsburg, Canada

Pigeon Hill Raid was a battle fought in 1866 at Frelighsburg, in what is now Canada. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Frelighsburg. It was part of Fenian Rising. The recorded result: British-Canadian victory.

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Fought1866

WhereFrelighsburg, Canada45.050N, 72.833W, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeBritish-Canadian victory

BelligerentsCanada; United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandagainstFenian Brotherhood

Part ofFenian RisingFenian raids

Where it sits in Fenian Rising

5 placed engagements of Fenian Rising in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1866 (year precision) to 1866
Place	Frelighsburg, Canada 45.050N, 72.833W
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	Prior to invasion: 10,000–14,000 local volunteers (March 1866); Start of war: 20,000 Canadian Militia (May 1866); United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; 900 British Regulars (May 1866); 13 armed patrol steamboats; In 1870: 13,000	Start of war: 850 (May 1866); In 1870: 600; In 1871: 40
Casualties and losses	35 killed; 53 wounded; 54 captured; Total: 142	24 killed; 48 wounded; 59 captured; 1 cannon seized; Total: 131
Commanders	John A. Macdonald George-Étienne Cartier John Stoughton Dennis William Osborne Smith	John O'Mahony Thomas William Sweeny John O'Neill (Fenian) Samuel P. Spear George Owen Starr

Placed at Frelighsburg; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Eccles Hill 1870, 6.5 km SW
St. Albans Raid 1864, 37 km SW
Battle of Lacolle Mills 1814, 40 km W
Battle of Lacolle 1838, 42 km W
Battle of Lacolle Mills 1812, 42 km W

In the same war

Before: Battle of Fort Erie 2 June 1866
After: Battle of Eccles Hill 25 May 1870
All 5 engagements of Fenian Rising

Elsewhere in 1866

Pigeon Hill Raid is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 149 in present-day Canada.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q138606214, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Pigeon Hill Raid, revision 1383074557, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.