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Graphical element Graphical element “Battle of Ridgeway, C.W.: Desperate Charge of the Fenians, under Co. O’Neill, near Ridgeway Station, June 2, 1866, and Total Route of the British Troops, Including the Queen’s Own Regt. under Command of Col. Brooker”
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Graphical element Graphical element The Battle of Ridgeway took place in the Niagara Peninsula in June 1866. This battle was fought between British soldiers (in red uniforms, on the right) and 800 Fenian raiders (in green uniforms on the left). The Fenian movement, founded in 1857, was composed of Irish Americans that wanted Irish independence from Britain. Some Fenians, organized into military raiding parties, attacked several positions along the Canadian border in hopes of invading Canada.
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Graphical element Graphical element The Sage, Sons & Co. Lith., Print’g & Maufac’g Co.
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Graphical element Graphical element 1869
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“Battle of Ridgeway, C.W.: Desperate Charge of the Fenians, under Co. O’Neill, near Ridgeway Station, June 2, 1866, and Total Route of the British Troops, Including the Queen’s Own Regt. under Command of Col. Brooker”
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