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The Fenian raids were a series of incursions carried out by the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish republican organization based in the United States, on military fortifications, customs posts and other targets in Canada (then part of British North America) in 1866, and again from 1870 to 1871.
Category: Fenian Raids. 2 languages. ... Fenian; Battle of Fort Erie (1866) H. Halifax Volunteer Battalion; M. USS Michigan (1843) R. Battle of Ridgeway; T. Battle of ...
John Charles O'Neill (9 March 1834 – 8 January 1878) was an Irish-born officer in the American Civil War and member of the Fenian Brotherhood. O'Neill is best known for his activities leading the Fenian raids on Canada in 1866 and 1871. [1]
The Battle of Ridgeway (sometimes the Battle of Lime Ridge or Limestone Ridge [nb 1]) was fought in the vicinity of the town of Fort Erie across the Niagara River from Buffalo, New York, near the village of Ridgeway, Canada West, currently Ontario, Canada, on June 2, 1866, between Canadian troops and an irregular army of Irish-American invaders, the Fenians.
The Fenian Brotherhood trace their origins back to 1790s, in the rebellion, seeking an end to British rule in Ireland initially for self-government and then the establishment of an Irish Republic. The rebellion was suppressed, but the principles of the United Irishmen were to have a powerful influence on the course of Irish history.
During the 1866 Fenian raid of the Province of Canada, the Battle of Fort Erie was a surrounding and forcing of the Fenian armies surrender following a skirmish near Fort Erie and the farther-away Battle of Ridgeway on June 2. The Fenian force, withdrawing from Ridgeway, met a small force of Canadian militia at Fort Erie, then known as the ...
Fenian raids: April 1866 Fenian Brotherhood. Irish Republican Brotherhood; United States(Alleged) British Empire. Canada (1867–71) Province of Canada (1866) Stalemate; Fenian raids cease Warren Wagon Train raid: 18 May 1871 Kiowa: United States Native American victory Jesse James Northfield Raid: 6 September 1876 Law enforcement James-Younger ...
A member of the Fenian Brotherhood, Hickey became involved in the organisation's invasion of Canada (Fenian raids in 1866. He fought at the Battle of Ridgeway but was captured and sentenced to death, being prepared for the scaffold by Archbishop John Joseph Lynch.