The Ottawa Sharpshooters

The 53 members of the Ottawa Sharpshooters, a volunteer company of the Governor General's Foot Guards, assembled in 1885 and were sent west to help suppress the North West Rebellion. A new book, entitled The Ottawa Sharpshooters, edited by John Reid, released in May 2005, includes the story of the company, mini-biographies of the men, and a complete transcription of the campaign diary of Sharpshooter commander, Captain Alfred Hamlyn Todd

Extract from the campaign diary of Alfred Hamlyn Todd.