Thursday, 23 February 2017

Canadian Militia: Missing in Action? (2)

This post takes the volunteer list for April 1862 and compares it to the OOB produced by TFSmith. Units whose existence he failed to acknowledge are denoted with square brackets. Where the number of batteries or companies is greater than the figure given by TFSmith, the figure in square brackets is the total number of sub-units that existed historically and not the number which have been missed. All references to military districts are those which existed historically. A summary of the results has been provided above the cut, and if that's sufficient for you you can always move straight onto part 3.

Missing units:

14/34 cavalry troops (6/14 Lower Canada, 8/20 Upper Canada)
2/8 field batteries (1/3 Lower Canada, 1/5 Upper Canada)
10/19 foot/garrison batteries (3/12 Lower Canada, 7/7 Upper Canada)
4/5 engineer companies (1/2 Lower Canada, 3/3 Upper Canada)
6/7 naval/marine companies (6/7 Upper Canada)
146/186 rifle companies (72/105 Lower Canada, 74/81 Upper Canada)
182/259 = 70.3% of the formations present in April 1862 are missing


Lower Canada/ Canada East

1st Quebec Troop
2nd Quebec Troop
[3rd Quebec Troop]
St. Andrews Troop
Cookshire Troop
Sherbrooke Troop
1st Montreal Troop
2nd Montreal Troop
[3rd Montreal Troop]
[4th Montreal Troop]
St. Johns Troop
[Levis Troop]
[Lachute Troop]
[St Vincent de Paul Troop]

Quebec Field Battery
Montreal Field Battery
[Ottawa Field Battery]

Quebec Garrison Artillery (2 batteries) [4 batteries]
Montreal Garrison Artillery Brigade (6 batteries) [7 batteries]
Sherbrooke Garrison Artillery Battery

Montreal Engineer Company
[Quebec Engineer Company]

3rd Military District
    [Megantic Rifle Company]
5th Military District
    [Acton Vale Rifle Company]
    [St Hyacinthe Rifle Company]
    [Sorel Rifle Company]
6th Military District
    [Hemmingford Rifle Company]
    [Hitchinbrooke Rifle Company]
7th Military District
    [7th] Voltigeurs de Quebec Battalion(Provisional) (2cos) [8 companies]
    [8th] Stadacona Rifle Battalion(Provisional) (2cos) [6 companies]
    [9th Battalion (Quebec)- 8 companies]
    [Civil Service Rifle Company]
    [Quebec Rifle Company]
8th Military District
    [St. Vincent de Paul Rifle Company]
    [St. Martin Rifle Company]
9th Military District
    [Como Rifle Company]
    [Aylmer Rifle Company]
    [11th Battalion (Argenteuil)- 6 companies]
    Montreal Light Infantry Battalion (6 cos.)
    1st Volunteer Rifle Battalion (Prince of Wales) (7 cos.) [10 companies]
    3rd Volunteer Rifle Battalion (Victoria Rifles) (6 cos.)
    4th Volunteer Rifle Battalion (Chasseurs Canadiens) (7 cos.) [10 companies]
    5th Volunteer Rifle Battalion (Royal Light Infantry) (2 cos.) [7 companies]
    6th Volunteer Rifle Battalion (Hochelaga Light Infantry) (5 cos.) [6 companies]   
    Montreal Rifle Companies [10 companies]
10th Military District
    [1st Sherbrooke Rifle Company]
    [2nd Sherbrooke Rifle Company]
    [1st Lennoxville Rifle Company]
    [2nd Lennoxville Rifle Company]
    [3rd Lennoxville Rifle Company]
    [Danville Rifle Company]
    [Granby Rifle Company]

Upper Canada/ Canada West

1st Frontenac Troop
2nd Frontenac Troop
Napanee Troop
Cobourg Troop
Port Hope Troop
1st York Troop
Oak Ridges Troop
Markham Troop
St. Catherine’s Troop
Grimsby Troop
St. Thomas Troop
London Troop
[1st Wentworth Troop]
[2nd Wentworth Troop]
[1st Guelph Troop]
[Essex Troop]
[Leeds Troop]
[Northumberland Troop]
[Cornwall Troop]
[Owen Sound Troop]

Kingston Field Battery
Hamilton Field Battery
Port Colborne Field Battery
London Field Battery
[Toronto Field Battery]

[Ottawa Foot Artillery Battery]
[Morrisburg Foot Artillery Battery]
[Prescott Foot Artillery Battery]
[Gananoque Foot Artillery Battery]
[Dundas Foot Artillery Battery]
[Simcoe Foot Artillery Battery]
[London Foot Artillery Battery]

[Ottawa Engineer Company]
[Port Hope Engineer Company]
[Sarnia Engineer Company]

Kingston Naval Company
[Oakville Marine Company]
[Hamilton Naval Company]
[Dunville Naval Company]
[Port Stanley Marine Company]
[Toronto Marine Company]
[Cobourg Marine Company]

1st Military District
    [1st Ottawa Rifle Company]
    [2nd Ottawa Rifle Company]
    [3rd Ottawa Rifle Company]
    [Perth Rifle Company]
2nd Military District
    [1st Cornwall Rifle Company]
    [2nd Cornwall Rifle Company]
    [Williamsburg Rifle Company]
    [Morrisburgh Rifle Company]
    [Brockville Rifle Company]
    [Farmersville Rifle Company]
    [1st Prescott Rifle Company]
    [2nd Prescott Rifle Company]
    [Gananoque Rifle Company]
3rd Military District
    Kingston Rifle Companies [6 companies]
    [Portsmouth Rifle Company]
    [1st Storrington Rifle Company]
    [2nd Storrington Rifle Company]
    [Belleville Rifle Company]
4th Military District
    [Cobourg Rifle Company]
    [Bowmanville Rifle Company]
    [Port Hope Rifle Company]
    [Peterboro' Rifle Company]
    [Lindsay Rifle Company]
5th Military District
    2nd Volunteer Rifle Battalion (Queen’s Own Rifles) (5 cos.) [9 companies]   
    [10th Battalion (Toronto)- 7 companies]
    Toronto Rifle Companies [5 companies]
    [Brampton Rifle Company]
    [Cookstown Rifle Company]
    [Collingwood Rifle Company]
    [Nottawa Rifle Company]
6th Military District
    [Owen Sound Rifle Company]
    [Southampton Rifle Company]
    [Guelph Rifle Company]
    [Stratford Rifle Company]
    [Goderich Rifle Company]
    [Mount Forest Rifle Company]
    [Galt Rifle Company]
    [Fergus Rifle Company]
    [Elora Rifle Company]
7th Military District
    [Oakville Rifle Company]
    [1st Hamilton Rifle Company]
    [2nd Hamilton Rifle Company]
    [3rd Hamilton Rifle Company (Highland)]
    [Thorold Rifle Company]
    [Dunville Rifle Company]
    [1st St Catharines Rifle Company]
    [2nd St Catharines Rifle Company]
8th Military District
    [Villa Nova Rifle Company]
    [Simcoe Rifle Company]
    [Brantford Rifle Company]
    [Embro Rifle Company]
    [Paris Rifle Company]
    [Woodstock Rifle Company]
    London Light Infantry Battalion (Provisional) (2 cos)
    [Komoka Rifle Company]
    [St Thomas Rifle Company]
9th Military District
    [Sandwich and Gosfield Rifle Company]

If you've had quite enough of lists for the time being, click here for part 3. Or if the list was so dull that it's given you amnesia, click here to read part 1 again.

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