Fort Mackinac proved to be Captain Charles Roberts' last command. As his health continued to deteriorate he requested an Army promotion, various appointments, and then a pensioned retirement on military disability. The captain was not decorated or honored in any way for his daring 1812 command operation, and Quebec headquarters (which was actively engaged in continued combat with the American army until early 1815) ignored the shelved officer. Finally in 1815, with the return of peacetime traffic across the Atlantic, he was granted six months' leave and told to board a ship going east. Back in London, Roberts continued his solicitations and was granted his long-sought disability status. He did not enjoy it long, dying in the British capital in May 1816. Later Canadian historians have classified Roberts as an unacknowledged hero in the defense of their country in 1812.
