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Canada General Service Medal issued for service in the Canadian Militia related to the Fenian incursions in 1870. Support for the Fenian Brotherhood's invasion of Canada quickly disappeared and there was no real threat after the 1890s. Nevertheless, the raids had an important effect on all Canadians.
The Last Invasion of Canada: The Fenian Raids, 1866–1870. Dundurn. ISBN 978-1-77070-064-2. Steward, Patrick, and Bryan P. McGovern. The Fenians: Irish Rebellion in the North Atlantic World, 1858-1876. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2013. Vronsky, Peter. Ridgeway: the American Fenian Invasion and the 1866 Battle That Made Canada ...
The Canada General Service Medal was a campaign medal awarded by the Canadian Government [3] to both Imperial and Canadian forces for duties related to the Fenian raids between 1866 and 1871. [4] The medal was initially issued in 1899 and had to be applied for. [5] The application period was later extended to 1907, then to 1928. [3]
Dunnville heroes: the W.T. Robb and the Dunnville Naval Brigade in the 1866 Fenian invasion. Dunnville, ON: Dunnville District Heritage Association. ISBN 978-0-9688173-1-5. OCLC 52197172. Vronsky, Peter Ridgeway: The American Fenian Invasion and the 1866 Battle That Made Canada., Toronto: Penguin Canada-Allen Lane, 2011.
Had it succeeded, a 19th century attempt to force the British out of Ireland by invading Canada would be remembered as the boldest flanking maneuver in military history. As it failed, the reader ...
[citation needed] In the end, the invasion had been broken by the US authorities' subsequent interruption of Fenian supply lines across the Niagara River and the arrests of Fenian reinforcements attempting to cross the river into Canada. [citation needed] It is unlikely that with such a small force they would have ever achieved their goal.
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.
In 1899, veterans of the Fenian Raids were awarded the Canada General Service Medal and the following are names of the men from Dundas County who received the medal for service in 1866 with: The Morrisburg Garrison Artillery: [1] Capt. Thomas S. Rubidge; Q.M. Sgt. Frederick Carman; Sgts. Matthias Brice, Henry Moore, James Fox, Joseph Lane; Cpls.