Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Birdsall's rank of captain in the local militia put him in charge of the Asphodel contingent when the militia was activated in response to the
Upper Canada Rebellion muna 1837, kunyange zvazvo kunoratidzika kuti boka rake rakanga risina kubatanidzwa mune zviitiko zvinokosha. Pakarepo pashure pokuguma kwokupandukira Birdsall akabhadhara kurera nokushongedza battalion itsva yamasoja yakavakirwa muPeterborough. Zhizha pamberi pokupandukira, Birdsall akaroora kechipiri, kuna Charlotte Jane Everett weBelleville, uye mubatanidzwa uyu wakabereka vana vana.