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'''Ferdinand-Alphonse Oklowski''' (Polish: Ferdynand Alfons Oklowski) was a military officer of [[Polish people|Polish]] origin.<ref>{{cite book
|title=Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DEbjAAAAMAAJ
|accessdate=21 August 2013
|year=1948
|publisher=Institut d'histoire de l'Amérique française.
|language=French
|page=504}}</ref> As a [[colonel]], he took part in the second uprising of the [[Lower Canada Rebellions]] as he commanded the [[Patriote]] forces in the [[Battle of Lacolle (1838)|Battle of Lacolle]], on November 6 and November 7, 1838.<ref name="Fortin1988">{{cite book
|author=Réal Fortin
|title=La guerre des patriotes: le long du Richelieu
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jvIUAAAAYAAJ
|accessdate=21 August 2013
|date=1 January 1988
|publisher=Mille Roches
|language=French
|page=206}}</ref> The Patriote won the first skirmish of November 6 but lost the final confrontation the next day.
==See also==
*[[Patriote movement]]
*[[Quebec nationalism]]
*[[Quebec independence movement]]
*[[History of Quebec]]
*[[Timeline of Quebec history]]
==References==
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