![]() ![]() government, the Fenian Brotherhood carried out a series of five attacks on Canada. In his book, Klein tells how thousands of Civil War veterans who had fled to the United States rather than perish in the wake of the Great Hunger still considered themselves Irishmen first and Americans second. By the time that these invasions, known collectively as the Fenian raids, began in 1866, Ireland had been Britain’s unwilling colony for 700 years. Just over a year after the Civil War, a band of Union and Confederate veterans fought side by side to seize the British province of Canada and to hold it hostage until the independence of Ireland was secured. ![]() KINGSTON - The Kingston Fall Author Talks series will continue with author Christopher Klein speaking about his book, “When the Irish Invaded Canada: The Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans Who Fought for Ireland’s Freedom,” at 7 p.m. ![]()
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