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Troublous Times in Canada / A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870

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The narrative recounts the planning, cross-border incursions, and military and civic responses to the Fenian Brotherhood raids into Canada in the 1860s, describing the organization's aims, convention in Cincinnati, landings and engagements along the Niagara frontier, the Battle of Ridgeway and fights at Fort Erie, the rapid mobilization of Canadian volunteer and home guard units, naval brigade actions, frontier skirmishes, arrests and diplomatic exchanges with the United States, lists of called units and casualty rolls, and concludes with official commendations and a retrospective analysis of the campaigns and their effects on local communities and military organization.

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End of Project Gutenberg's Troublous Times in Canada, by John A. Macdonald