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2. Fenian raids - Wikipedia

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   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. Ironically, though they did nothing to advance the cause of Irish independence, the 1866 Fenian raids and the inept efforts of the Canadian Militia to repulse ...

3. Battle of Ridgeway - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Battle of Fort Erie (1866) - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. John O'Neill (Fenian) - Wikipedia

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   The Dictionary of Canadian Biography states that Ridgeway made O'Neill a Fenian hero. He had won the only success the Fenians ever achieved in their numerous enterprises against Canada. He had handled his force well, and it should be added that he had kept his men under strict control and that there was little looting or disorder.

6. Battle of Eccles Hill - Wikipedia

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   The Fenian Chief: a Biography of James Stephens. Coral Gables, 1969. Senior, Hereward (1991). 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.

7. Flashback: Irish Americans invaded Canada in a plot to ... - AOL

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   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 ...

8. List of wars involving Canada - Wikipedia

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   Fenian raids (1866–1871) Canada [a] Fenian Brotherhood: Victory. Fenians cease raids; 22: 32: Red River Rebellion (1869-1870) Canada: Métis: Victory. The Wolseley Expedition takes control of Fort Garry (modern day Winnipeg) Louis Riel flees to the United States; 1: Unknown: Wolseley Expedition (1870) Canada: Métis: Victory. Red River ...

9. Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands ...

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   ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Helena Pagano's great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. He died starving as a prisoner of war after Japanese troops invaded during World War II, wresting the few dozen residents from their village, never to return.