I don't konw the number still buried in Canada, but about four or five years ago, and archeological dig around Old Fort Erie uncovered remains of both British and American Soldiers. There was an official return of the bodies to US soil arranged between the two governments (Canada and the US). There would be US soldiers buried at York (now Toronto) possibly at St. James cemetary, Lundy's Lane (though most were burned for health reasons), Chippawa (noted buried in shallow graves were they laid with a single battlefield marker), Fort George, Fort Erie, perhaps Queenston Heights, etc. It's a big question that others may be able to augment an answer. Trevor Hamilton (of this list) may have more details on St. James in Toronto though. Regards Murray > X-Message: #2 > Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:25:19 -0700 > From: "Sipe" <sipe@centurytel.net> > To: WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <001001c4f154$9d893ba0$2d01a8c0@sipe> > Subject: Question > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Can anyone tell me how many servicemen killed durning the war of 1812 are STILL buried in Canada? Also wondered What Canada's policy is on the return of the bodies. > > Thanks so much for your help > Angela Sipe

There are 195 American prisoners of war in unmarked graves in Halifax from the War of 1812. Scott Baker -----Original Message----- From: macomb@ca.inter.net [mailto:macomb@ca.inter.net] Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 7:29 AM To: WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WARof1812] Re: WARof1812-D US soldiers buried in Canada I don't konw the number still buried in Canada, but about four or five years ago, and archeological dig around Old Fort Erie uncovered remains of both British and American Soldiers. There was an official return of the bodies to US soil arranged between the two governments (Canada and the US). There would be US soldiers buried at York (now Toronto) possibly at St. James cemetary, Lundy's Lane (though most were burned for health reasons), Chippawa (noted buried in shallow graves were they laid with a single battlefield marker), Fort George, Fort Erie, perhaps Queenston Heights, etc. It's a big question that others may be able to augment an answer. Trevor Hamilton (of this list) may have more details on St. James in Toronto though. Regards Murray > X-Message: #2 > Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:25:19 -0700 > From: "Sipe" <sipe@centurytel.net> > To: WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <001001c4f154$9d893ba0$2d01a8c0@sipe> > Subject: Question > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Can anyone tell me how many servicemen killed durning the war of 1812 > are STILL buried in Canada? Also wondered What Canada's policy is on the return of the bodies. > > Thanks so much for your help > Angela Sipe ==== WARof1812 Mailing List ==== ADDRESS MESSAGES TO: WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

The Stoney Creek Battlefield (Hamilton) has remains of Both British and American troops in it's cemetery. Missing are all the skulls which were stolen by a "Professor" about 100 years ago I'm told. Another Memorial Site in Hamilton is the Hamilton-Scourge site at Confederation Park where the crews of the American ships that were lost are remembered. Most of the 53 bodies were never recovered at least six still remain on board the ships to this day. Others are probably buried all over Ontario but their graves have been long lost. I've never found any exact details of losses in total for most battles. The fluid nature of the war, the densely forested terrain and the fact that most men on both sides were volunteers meant that many deserted or got lost before and after battles and were never heard from again, or they just rejoined either side under a different assumed name. Hence so many "Missing - Presumed dead". The British tend to bury their dead near the site where they died and don't normally return bodies to Britain However the Americans try to repatriate their dead where they can. There is a small cemetery in Ancaster (Hamilton) which dates to this period and it holds over 106 bodies. Until a few weeks ago only about 6 bodies were known to be buried there. Two more bodies have also been found about a mile from the Stoney Creek Battlefield near a highway construction Who the heck are these folks? Nobody seems to know! Could there possibly be a few dead Americans soldiers there? We may never know for sure. :-)) Nelson