Title: Turning back the Fenians :
Authors: Dallison, Robert L.,; New Brunswick Military Heritage Project.
Date: 2006
Publisher: Goose Lane Editions :
Physical description: 132 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: F
Abstract: "In the 1860s, New Brunswick experienced its own brand of international terrorism. The Fenian Brotherhood sought the ouster of the British from their beloved Ireland and found support among Irish-American immigrants. Eager to help the cause, the American Fenian sympathizers planned to invade British North America and hold it hostage. New Brunswick, with its large Irish population and undefended frontier, seemed the perfect target." "In the spring of 1866, a thousand Fenians massed along the southwest border of New Brunswick. But when Lieutenant-Governor Arthur Hamilton Gordon revitalized the New Brunswick militia, calling in British soldiers and a squadron of warships, the force proved too much for the enemy, who retreated and turned their efforts against the more vulnerable central Canada." "The threat of this Fenian attack fanned the flames of an already red-hot political debate, and a year later, in 1867, New Brunswick joined Confederation."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: The Fenian brotherhood -- Double agents, loose lips and rampant rumour -- The volunteer militia -- Preparing a welcome for the Fenians -- The St. Patrick Day's [sic] alert -- Let them come-if they dare -- The Fenians are among us -- Imperial military might -- The turning point -- The legacy.
Notes: Co-published with New Brunswick Military Heritage Project.
Subject headings (LCSH): Canada--History--Fenian Invasions, 1866-1870.; New Brunswick--History--19th century.