Adam Noyes lectures about the unknown but fascinating Fenian Raids into Canada shortly after the American Civil War. AKA: The Irish Invasion of Canada. Some of the battles that made Canada. Strap yourselves in… this is… a wild story.

Sources

• Chewett, WC. & Company, Fenian Raid Outline,The Fenian Raid at Fort Erie, June the First and Second, 1866: With a Map of the Niagara. Harvard University, 1866. https://archive.org/details/fenianraidatfor00cogoog/page/n17/mode/1up
• Davies, Charles W. Romance of Niagra. Morgan-Davies Co. 2000. https://archive.org/details/romanceofniagara0000davi/page/158/mode/1up
• “The Fenian Raid 1866.” The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum and Archive. Accessed May 31, 2024. https://qormuseum.org/history/timeline-1856-1899/the-fenian-raid-1866/
• Neidhardt, Wilfried. Fenianism in North America. Pennsylvania State University Press, 1975. https://archive.org/details/fenianisminnorth00neid/page/46/mode/1up
• Smith-Christmas, Kenneth. “The Mk III Snider and the Ballard Rifle: The Battle of Eccles Hill -PART ONE.” British Muzzle Loaders. Jan 13, 2023.
• “The Fenian Raid 1866.” The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum and Archive. Accessed May 31, 2024. https://qormuseum.org/history/timeline-1856-1899/the-fenian-raid-1866/

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