Editing Battle of Windsor (section)

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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Battle of Windsor
|partof=the [[Patriot War]], [[Rebellions of 1837]]
|image=
|caption=
|date=December 4, 1838
|place=[[Michigan]] area, USA<br />[[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor, Upper Canada]] area
|result=Anglo-American victory
|combatant1={{flag|Upper Canada}}<br>{{Flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}<br> {{flagicon|United States|1837}} [[United States]]
|combatant2=[[Hunter Patriots]]
|commander1=[[John Sparks (Canadian politician)|John Sparks]]<br />[[John Prince (politician)|John Prince]]<br /> [[Richard Airey, 1st Baron Airey|Richard Airey]]<br /> [[Hugh Brady (general)|Hugh Brady]]
|commander2=[[Lucius Verus Bierce]]
|strength1=300 Canadian Militia/British Regulars<br> U.S. Forces
|strength2=400 Hunter Patriots
|casualties1=8 dead<br />1 steamship 
|casualties2=25 dead<br />44–65 captured  
}}
{{Campaignbox Upper Canada Rebellion}}
The '''Battle of Windsor''' was a short-lived campaign in the eastern [[Michigan]] area of the [[United States]] and the [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] area of [[Upper Canada]]. A group of men on both sides of the border, calling themselves [[Hunter Patriots|"Patriots]]", formed small [[militia]]s in 1837 with the intention of seizing the [[Southern Ontario]] peninsula between the [[Detroit River|Detroit]] and [[Niagara River|Niagara]] Rivers and extending American-style government to Canada.<ref>"[http://www.michigan.gov/dmva/0,1607,7-126-2360_3003_3009-16956--,00.html The Patriot War]", Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, State of Michigan, 2007</ref> They based groups in Michigan at Fort Gratiot (present [[Port Huron, Michigan|Port Huron]]), [[Mount Clemens, Michigan|Mount Clemens]], [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], and [[Gibraltar, Michigan|Gibraltar]]. The Patriots were defeated by British and American government forces, respectively.