Captain Alexander McMillan

Memorial of Alexander McMillan of the Town of Brockville, Esquire

Captain, Second Glengarry Regiment

Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865)

Microform: c-2141

Petition 91

1842

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...was on permanent duty with his Company for the greater part of the Summer of the year One thousand Eight hundred and twelve, and in November of the same year (1812) was appointed and took the command of one of the First Flank Companies of that Regiment, vacated by the removal of Captain Donald McDonnell by the General Staff and early in the month of January...[1813]...he was ordered with his Company from Cornwall to Prescott, and on the twenty-second day of February, 1813 commanded his said Company at the Battle & Capture of Ogdensburgh....

Successful Raid On French Mills

Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865)

Microform: c-2141

Petition 91

1842

[See Image 1006]

Memorial of Alexander McMillan of the Town of Brockville, Esquire
Captain, Second Glengarry Regiment

From the "Paper Sleuth" paper at Electric Scotland:

"In 1967, I located Donald MacMillan, a great-grandson of Alexander, who owned a trucking firm in East Brunswick, New Jersey. He had carefully preserved his great-grandfather’s handmade French Canadian style armchair. Family legend had it that the chair was made by the St Regis Indians near Cornwall, Ontario, as a token of their regard for his leadership in the successful raid on French Mills, New York, on November 23, 1812. At that time, he was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Glengarry Militia." [Source]

Colonel McDougal And His Uniform

"British Uniform Coatee Worn by Colonel Daniel McDougal when he was an Ensign at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane on July 25, 1814 (see below)."

Source

"McDougal was born in...Scotland in 1782 and came to Canada with his parents who settled in Glengarry County. When the war broke out in June 1812, he was in the Glengarry Militia...".


Is this the same Daniel McDougal who is in an In Deeds post?


Records of the Niagara Historical Society indicated where Colonel Daniel McDougal was buried:

In the enclosure of the McDougal family is the grave of Col. D. McDougal, treasurer of the united counties of Lincoln, Welland and Haldimand for many years. He fought at Lundy's Lane and lay on the field all night, being reported as mortally wounded, but recovered, carrying in his body a bullet to his, grave. In the Historical Room is the original document authorizing Daniel McDougal to enlist men in Glengarry to serve in the war, dated April, 1813, E. McDonell.