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”’Isaac Butterfield”’ was an American officer who served under Colonel [[Timothy Bedel]] during the [[Invasion of Quebec (1775)|invasion of Quebec]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. He was either a Majorhttps://books.google.com/books?id=HkNnBQiqD5cC&pg=PA42 |
”’Isaac Butterfield”’ was an American officer who served under Colonel [[Timothy Bedel]] during the [[Invasion of Quebec (1775)|invasion of Quebec]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]]. He was either a Majorhttps://books.google.com/books?id=HkNnBQiqD5cC&pg=PA42 or a Lieutenanthttps://books.google.com/books?id=ev56CoLLW8oC&pg=PA27 In an odd series of encounters, Bedel’s lieutenant Isaac Butterfield surrendered this entire force without a fight on the 18th at the time. |
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He surrendered to [[George Forster (Captain)|George Forster]] in the [[Battle of the Cedars]] on May 18, 1776, after Bedel left him in charge. He was briefly a [[prisoner of war]] until Forster returned the American prisoners as a planned exchange the Americans did not reciprocate. |
He surrendered to [[George Forster (Captain)|George Forster]] in the [[Battle of the Cedars]] on May 18, 1776, after Bedel left him in charge. He was briefly a [[prisoner of war]] until Forster returned the American prisoners as a planned exchange the Americans did not reciprocate. |
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