Download or read book Rebels on the Niagara written by Lawrence E. Cline and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a detailed account of the political and military history of the Irish American Fenian Brotherhood in the nineteenth century. In what is now largely considered a footnote in history, Americans invaded Canada along the Niagara Frontier in 1866. The group behind the invasion—the Fenian Brotherhood—was formed in 1858 by Irish nationalists in New York City in order to fight for Irish independence from Britain. At the end of the American Civil War, Fenian leaders attempted to use Irish Americans, many of them combat veterans, to seize Canada and make it the “New Ireland” as a means to force the British from “old” Ireland. New York State was both the epicenter of Fenian leadership and a key support base and staging area for the military operations. Although relatively short-lived and with some of its military operations being somewhere between farce and tragedy, the Fenian Brotherhood had a very important impact on nineteenth-century New York and America, but remains largely forgotten. In Rebels on the Niagara Lawrence E. Cline examines not only the Fenian operations and their impact on Canada, but also the role the United States and New York played in both the initial support for the Fenian movement and its subsequent collapse in America. “A brilliant new account of the forgotten 1866 invasion of Canada by Fenian Irish American Civil War veterans. The Battle of Ridgeway, fought during the Fenian Raids in the Niagara region, was the first Irish victory over the forces of the British Empire since the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745. Lawrence Cline gives us a new look inside the mad and daring Fenian invasion plan to take Canada and hold it hostage in the name of freedom from British rule in Ireland.” — Peter Vronsky, author of Ridgeway: The American Fenian Invasion and the 1866 Battle That Made Canada “This book examines in fascinating detail a neglected event in US and Niagara Frontier history. Lawrence Cline’s study of the Fenian invasion of Canada will be of interest to students of unconventional war, the Irish independence movement, and US-Canadian relations, as well as to the general educated reader. It is a valuable contribution to the literature.” — Thomas R. Mockaitis, author of Conventional and Unconventional War: A History of Conflict in the Modern World

Download or read book Niagara Rebels written by Colin Keates Duquemin and published by St. Catharines, Ont. : Norman Enterprises. This book was released on 2001 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rebellion s Daughter written by Judi Coburn and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-02T00:00:00Z with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spirited young Eunice will not settle for a woman’s lot in 1800s Canada. She sees the inequitable use of power everywhere, from her abusive father to the elite-ruled government, and she cannot help but challenge it. This historical fiction follows her escape from trouble into more and more trouble, through which her ignorance gives way to a more sophisticated understanding of her society. Impatient to claim a place in it, Eunice dresses as a boy in order to join a rebellion against the government. She lands in jail for stealing a rich man’s horse, and there, the stories of her socially marginalized female cellmates – in particular a young black prisoner – forces her to confront anew the startling injustices of race and social class and the institutionalized cruelty of prison. Readers will fall in love with Eunice for her integrity and tenacity against all odds.

Download or read book The Military and Naval History of the Rebellion in the United States written by William Jewett Tenney and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 1256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sessional Papers of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada written by Canada. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report written by Public Archives of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report accompanied by historical documents, calendars, etc.

Download or read book Report of the Work of the Public Archives written by Public Archives of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 1142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report written by Public Archives Canada and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Index to Dates of Current Events Occurring Or Reported Jan 1912 Dec 1914 written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The American Library Annual 1911 12 1917 18 written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Patriot War Along the Michigan Canada Border Raiders and Rebels written by Shaun J. McLaughlin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The soldiers and civilians who participated in the Patriot War, fought between 1837 and 1842, hoped to free Canada from supposed British tyranny, as the United States had done just over half a century before. Despite heavy losses throughout, the American and Canadian "Patriots" refused to give up their noble cause. The Patriots launched at least thirteen raids on Upper Canada from the American border states. The western front, which spanned the British colony from Ohio and Michigan in western Lake Erie and along the Detroit River, saw some of the fiercest fighting, including the failed 1838 Battle of Windsor. In the wake of this engagement, many Canadians were outraged at the retaliatory hangings, while Americans protested the transport of their kin to the Tasmanian penal colony. With stories from both sides of the border, historian Shaun J. McLaughlin recalls the triumphs and sacrifices of the doomed Patriots.

Download or read book Report on Canadian Archives written by Douglas Brymner and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Report on Canadian Archives and on the System of Keeping Public Records written by Public Archives of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Index to Dates of Current Events Occurring Or Reported written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Diary of the Great Rebellion written by and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Meaningful Pasts written by Russell Johnston and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2024-01-31 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Meaningful Pasts, Russell Johnston and Michael Ripmeester explore two strands of identity-making among residents of the Niagara region in Ontario, Canada. First, they describe the region’s official narratives, most of which celebrate the achievements of white settlers with a mix of storytelling, rituals, and monuments. Despite their presence in local lore and landmarks, these official narratives did not resonate with the nearly one thousand residents who participated in five surveys conducted over eleven years. Instead, participants drew on contemporary people, places, and events. Second, the authors explore the emergence of Niagara’s wine industry as a heritage narrative. The book shares how the survey participants embraced the industry as a local identifier and indicates how the industry’s efforts have rekindled the residents’ interest in agriculture as a significant element of regional heritage and local identities. Revealing how the profiles of local narratives and commemorations become entwined with social, cultural, economic, and political power, Meaningful Pasts illuminates the fact that local narratives retain their relevance only if residents find them meaningful in their day-to-day lives.