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Isaac Brock


 

:This article refers to the British general. For the musician, see Isaac Brock (musician).

Footnotes

  • {{note|colours}} Traditionally, the regimental colours were placed in the care of the regiment's most junior officer, which in this case would be Brock.
  • {{note|desertion}} It was estimated that throughout the 19th century, annual desertion rates were occasionally as high as five percent of all British soldiers posted. Brock described desertion as a "contagion".
  • {{note|att1}} See letters from Brock to his brothers dated September 5, 1808 and November 19, 1808.
  • {{note|att2}} See letters from Brock to his brothers dated December 31, 1809, and to the Right Honourable W. Windham, dated February 12, 1807, and also to Lt.-Gen. Prevost, dated December 2, 1811.
  • {{note|att3}} See letters from Brock to Lt.-Gen. Prevost, dated December 2 and 3, 1811.
  • {{note|att4}} See Chapter 1 of Tupper.
  • {{note|survey}} The survey was conducted during the time that The Greatest Canadian was airing, and was not scientifically accurate, since it was internet-only. See opinion poll.
  • {{note|Alfred}} Colonel John Macdonell, taking command until the arrival of Sheaffe, rode Alfred while leading a charge immediately after Brock's death. Macdonell was injured and died after the battle, and Alfred was shot and killed during the battle.
  • {{note|money}} Canada had no official currency at the time, and English currency was rare. This left the primary currencies in Canada as American and Spanish dollars. Brock's "army bills" were in terms of Spanish dollars, and ceased circulation after the war.
  • {{note|rename}} Originally Buell's Bay, renamed after Brock's death in 1812.
  • {{note|ship}} This website discusses the SS Isaac Brock. http://www.greatlakesmodeling.com/museum/tomlinson_scott_isaac_brock.htm