Isaac Butterfield

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[2] at the time.

He surrendered to George Forster in the Battle of the Cedars on 18 May 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.

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

References
  1. https://books.google.ca/books?id=HkNnBQiqD5cC&pg=PA42 Unfortunately for the Americans, Bedel, without orders, left the Cedars and returned to Montreal after turning over his command to Major Isaac Butterfield.
  2. https://books.google.ca/books?id=ev56CoLLW8oC&pg=PA27 In an odd series of encounters, Bedel's lieutenant Isaac Butterfield surrendered this entire force without a fight on the 18th


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