James FitzGibbon was a British soldier and hero of the War of 1812. He enlisted in the Knight of Glin’s Yeomanry Corps at age 15. Three years later, he joined the Tarbert Infantry Fencibles, an Irish home service regiment, from which he was recruited into the British Army's 49th Regiment of Foot as a private soldier. He first fought in battle in 1799 at Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands. He later served as a marine in the Battle of Copenhagen, … Wikipedia
James FitzGibbons father, a farmer and weaver, had a small holding on the Knight of Glins estate in Ireland. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38548
On the morning of the 22d July, Capt. Fitzgibbon, with a party-of picked men, advanced to Queenston and discovered that the enemy was retiring towards that village. www.glengarrylightinfantry.ca
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