Fenian Raid on Canada, June 1866
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Contemporary Books on the Fenian Raids On Canada and the Battle of Ridgeway (1866 - 1910) 
Chewett The Fenian Raid Into Canada
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Denison The Fenian Raid on Fort Erie 
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Somerville  Narrative of the Fenian Invasion of Canada
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Macdonald  A History of the Fenian Raids
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W.C. Chewett & Company, The Fenian Raid Into Canada (Fenian Raid at Fort Erie) compilation of newspaper articles on the Fenian raids, published August 1866.  Denison III, George T.  The Fenian Raid on Fort Erie with an Account of the Battle of Ridgeway, published August 1866.  Somerville, Alexander. Narrative of the Fenian Invasion of Canada. Hamilton, C.W. [Ont.] : Joseph Lyght, 1866. investigative history, published September 1866. Macdonald, John A. Troublous Times In Canada:  A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870, including full transcripts of the Booker Inquiry, Toronto : Printed by W.S. Johnston & Co, 1910. 
Government Reports and Fenian Prisoner Trial Accounts 
Fenian aggression upon Canada 
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Correspondence Relating to the Fenian Invasion 
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Trials of the Fenian Prisoners at Toronto 
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US Senate Documents on Fenian Raids
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Correspondence respecting the recent Fenian aggression upon Canada, Great Britain. Colonial Office. Imprint: [London? : s.n., 1867?]   Canada. Dept. of the Secretary of State. Correspondence relating to the Fenian invasion and the rebellion of the Southern States. Ottawa: [s.n.], 1869.  Gregg, George R. and Roden, E.P. Trials of the Fenian prisoners at Toronto, who were captured at Fort Erie, C.W., in June, 1866. [Toronto? : s.n.], 1867 (Printed at the Leader Steam Press).   U.S. Senate Documents on Fenian Raids.
Fenian Reports, Reminiscences and Additional Links
O'Neill Official Report
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Second Fenian Brotherhood Congress, January 1865
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Danieffe, Narrative of the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood
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OTHER LINKS

O'Neill, John.  Official Report of Gen. John O'Neill President of the Fenian Brotherhood on the Attempt to Invade Canada and A Report of the Battle of Ridgeway, Canada West, New York: J.J. Foster, 1870 Proceedings of the Second National Congress of the Fenian Brotherhood, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, January 1865. Philadelphia: James Gibbons, 1865 Denieffe, Joseph. A Personal Narrative of the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood, New York : The Gael publishing co., 1906.  Includes some of the Sweeny papers in appendix.
 
 
       
       
FENIAN RAIDS  BATTLE OF LIMESTONE RIDGE  (RIDGEWAY, LIME RIDGE)  AMERICAN FENIAN INVASION FORT ERIE UPPER CANADA (CANADA WEST)  (ONTARIO)  JUNE 2 1866