Skirmish at Moore's Corners

Skirmish at Moore's Corners
Part of Lower Canada Rebellion
Date December 6, 1837 Location Moore's Corners, Lower Canada Result Loyalist victory
Belligerents
Lower Canada Loyalists	Patriotes
Commanders and leaders
Capt. O.J. Kempt Capt. Hiram Moore	Dr. Cyrille Côté Julien Gagnon (WIA) Col. Pierre-Rémi Narbonne
Units involved
Missisquoi Militia Philipsburg Volunteers	Patriotes
Strength
200+	80
Casualties and losses
No casualties	1 killed 3 wounded 1 taken prisoner

The Skirmish at Moore's Corners was a small skirmish fought on December 6, 1837, in Moore's Corners during the Lower Canada Rebellion. A group of 80 Patriotes marched into Canada from Swanton, Vermont intending to join other rebels and were intercepted in the hamlet of Moore's Corners by loyalist militia from Philipsburg and Missisqoui.^[1]

The Patriotes had been armed with muskets and two cannons by the Vermont Militia company at Stowe and advanced along Missisquoi Bay, reaching the village and resting in the Philipsburg Methodist Church. As they barricaded themselves in the church, loyalist militia from Missisquoi and Philipsburg received word of their presence and marched to confront the rebels. The Patriotes were ambushed by the militia in the center of the village on the north side of the bridge, at the corner of Chemin Saint-Armand and Chemin St-Henri, in front of Hiram Moore's house.^[1] The battle raged for twenty minutes as both sides fired upon each other, but soon the rebels were overwhelmed and abandoned their cannons before retreating to Vermont.^[1]

The Patriotes suffered 1 killed, 3 wounded, and 1 captured.^[1] Over 600 soldiers and militia with 3 canons were dispatched to Moore's Corners but arrived after the battle was finished.