but because of his military expertise and excellent service record, he was moved to a civil position and was eventually made Governor of Arkansas. When the British returned to the site of Fort Erie, they chose not to rebuild the fort due to lack of funds and merely constructed makeshift quarters until they completely abandoned the fort in 1821 and demolished it from 1823 onwards. On several occasions, especially after his own failed assault on Fort Erie, General Drummond blamed his troops for lack of spirit or misbehaviour in action, but most historians consider that Drummond himself planned poorly and took insufficient care to maintain his troops' health and morale. Legacy Nine active regular infantry battalions of the United States Army (1-2 Inf, 2-2 Inf, 1-3 Inf, 2-3 Inf, 4-3 Inf, 1-5 Inf, 2-5 Inf, 1-6 Inf and 2-6 Inf) perpetuate the lineages of American units (the old 1st, 9th, 11th, 19th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 25th Infantry Regiments) that were present during the siege. Eight line regiments of the British Army, the 6th, 8th (Kings), 41st, 82nd, 89th, 100th, 103rd and 104th (New Brunswick) Regiments of Foot, were awarded the "Niagara" Battle Honour, to commemorate service on the Niagara peninsula during the summer of 1814. The modern descendant units of the 6th, 8th (Kings), 41st, 82nd and 89th regiments within the British Army are, respectively: The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (also the successor regiment to the 82nd Regiment), the Royal Welsh Regiment, and the Royal Irish Regiment. Within the Canadian Army, the Royal New Brunswick Regiment officially commemorates the 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot and also carries the "Niagara" Battle Honour. The "Niagara" Battle Honour was also awarded to the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles, a unit of the British Army recruited in Upper Canada, and to the Battalion of Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada. Within the modern Canadian army, these units are commemorated and perpetuated, in the case of the Glengarry Fencibles, by the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders and, in the case of the Incorporated Militia Battalion, by four Ontario-based regiments: The Lincoln and Welland Regiment, the Queen's York Rangers, the Brockville Rifles and the Princess of Wales Own Regiment. Notes Footnotes Citations References Cited external links Other external links http://warof1812.ca/forterie.htm http://members.tripod.com/~war1812/allbat.html https://web.archive.org/web/20050208082626/http://www.galafilm.com/1812/e/locations/niagara.html 1814 in Upper Canada Battles of the War of 1812 in Ontario Battles on the Niagara Frontier Sieges involving