| Raid on Madrid | |||||||
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| Part of War of 1812 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Upper Canada |  United States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Capt. Reuben Sherwood | Unknown | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Royal Marines Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada 1st Dundas Militia | South Madrid Militia | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 50+ | 100+ | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| No casualties | No casualties Supplies captured | ||||||
The Raid on Madrid was a small raid by Canadian Militia and Royal Marines on the village of Madrid, New York, during the War of 1812.
With the withdrawal of Wilkinson's Army from their winter quarters along the Salmon River, the British and Canadians believed it was a good time to launch a raid and attempt to capture any supplies that had been abandoned in the American retreat. [1]
Capt. Reuben Sherwood of the 1st Leeds Militia formulated a plan to raid the village of Madrid for any vital supplies. [2]
Late in the evening on February 6, 1814, Sherwood took a force of 23 Royal Marines, 11 members of the Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada, and 20 men from the Dundas Militia and crossed the St. Lawrence River in boats manned by the Dundas men. They marched through Hamilton and then turned and marched 14 miles to Madrid arriving late that night. There they recovered property belonging to Kingston merchants which had been seized when their seven bateaux were captured near Cornwall in late October by privateers from Hamilton. [1]
Sherwood and his men commandeered as many sleighs as possible from the area and loaded them full with supplies and stores from Madrid. They began their return to the river on the morning of February 7, and crossed back over that afternoon in boats once again manned by men of the Dundas Militia. [1]
The raid was successful, though 20 sleigh loads had to be left behind due to lack of space in the boats. The supplies were taken to Cornwall and Gen. Morrison was convinced to launch a larger scale raid in the area, resulting in the Salmon River Raid later that month. [3]
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