He was buried in a hole pierced by a cannonball in the middle of the church of the Ursulines; and there he still rests.

In 1827, when all bad feeling had subsided, Lord Dalhousie, the then English governor of Canada, ordered the erection at Quebec of an obelisk in marble bearing the names and busts of Wolfe and Montcalm, with this inscription: _Mortem virtus communem, famam historia, monumentum posteritas dedit_ [Valor, history, and posterity assigned fellowship in death, fame, and memorial].
In 1759, the news of the death of the two generals was accepted as a sign of the coming of the end.

Quebec capitulated on the 18th of September, notwithstanding the protests of the population.

The government of Canada removed to Montreal.
The joy in England was great, as was the consternation in France.

The government had for a long while been aware of the state to which the army and the brave Canadian people had been reduced, the nation knew nothing about it; the repeated victories of the Marquis of Montcalm had caused illusion as to the gradual decay of resources.