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Isaac Butterfield

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Isaac Butterfield was an American officer who served under Colonel Timothy Bedel during the invasion of Quebec in the American Revolutionary War. He was either a Major[1] or a Lieutenant at the time.[citation needed]

He surrendered to 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.[citation needed]

Benedict Arnold removed both Butterfield and Bedel from command and was court-martialed for this in August 1776.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Neimeyer, Charles P. (February 28, 2007). The Revolutionary War. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-0-313-33228-9.