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The 41st Regiment and Major John Richardson

12/27/2021

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By Tom Fournier

When I think of John Richardson, it is because of his time with the 41st Regiment of Foot during the War of 1812.  He turned those experiences into a widely read and often cited book on the War of 1812.  The most common form is Richardson’s War of 1812 edited by Alexander Casselman.  I have had the good fortune of seeing an original copy of the 1842 edition in the holdings of the Royal Welsh Museum.  This was once the property of another member of the 41st Regiment who underscored passages and made margin notes critical of Richardson and many Officers of the 41st Regiment (perhaps a subject for another day).

Richardson was very proud of his time with the 41st Regiment and he was extremely protective of its reputation.  This can be seen in his passionate defense of the Officers of the 41st Regiment as a reaction to comments attributed to Major General Sir Isaac Brock in the book written by his nephew Ferdinand Brock Tupper.  That defense can be read here.


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