Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Matsayin Birdsall na kyaftin a cikin 'yan bindiga na gida ya sanya shi a matsayin shugaban kungiyar Asphodel lokacin da aka kunna' yan bindiga a matsayin martani ga Tawaye na Upper Canada
a shekara ta 1837, ko da yake ya bayyana cewa rundunarsa ba ta da hannu a wani abin da ya faru. Nan da nan bayan ƙarshen tawaye Birdsall ya biya don tarawa da kuma ba da sabon rundunar soja da ke Peterborough. A lokacin rani kafin tawayen, Birdsall ya yi aure a karo na biyu, zuwa Charlotte Jane Everett na Belleville, kuma wannan ƙungiyar ta haifi 'ya'ya hudu.