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[macwilkin]

And ccga 3353 thanks for the Acadians suggestion but my ancestors fought them at Lewisburg and my six great grandfather Samuel Blake, a Portsmouth, N.H. fisherman was killed in battle at Lewisburg.

Ron, the Acadians never served at Louisbourg, either during the 1745 or 1758 sieges. Louisbourg was garrisoned by French colonial forces.

The Acadians took an oath to the British Crown when the British occupied Nova Scotia in the 1730s; in exchange for their loyalty, the Acadians would be allowed freedom of religion and would not be expected to take up arms against the French.

During the 1745 siege, the Acadians remained true to their word, and did not participate in the battle -- mind you it did them little good, because ten years later in 1755 Gov. Lawrence ordered the expulsion of the Acadians in Le Grand Dérangement.

You might want to pick up a copy of John M. Faragher's A Great and Noble Scheme: the tragic story of the expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland. It's very good.

Regards,

Todd