Red Sash Home Guard (Canadian Militia)

Red Sash Home Guard
Écharpes Rouges
Militiamen of the Red Sashes in June 1870.
ActiveJune 20, 1868–June 1870
Country Canada
BranchCanadian Militia
TypeMilitia
Size140 (initially 40)
NicknameRed Sashes (Écharpes Rouges)
Equipment
Engagements
Commanders
CaptainAsa Westover

The Red Sash Home Guard, also called the Missisquoi Home Guard, the Red Sash Guard, Dunham’s Red Sashes, or simply the Red Sashes (French: Écharpes Rouges) were a home guard and Canadian militia from Dunham, Quebec, which fought at the Battle of Eccles Hill during the Fenian raids on May 25, 1870.