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Rebels on the Great Lakes: Confederate Naval Commando Operations Launched from Canada, 1863-1864
Rebels on the Great Lakes: Confederate Naval Commando Operations Launched from Canada, 1863-1864
Rebels on the Great Lakes: Confederate Naval Commando Operations Launched from Canada, 1863-1864
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Rebels on the Great Lakes: Confederate Naval Commando Operations Launched from Canada, 1863-1864

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In 1863–1864, Confederate naval operations were launched from Canada against America, with an unexpected impact on North America’s future.

Since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, a myth has persisted that the hijackers entered the United States from Canada. This is completely untrue. Nevertheless, there was a time during the U.S. Civil War when attacks on America were launched from Canada, but the aggressors were mostly fellow Americans engaged in a secessionist struggle. Among the attacks were three daring naval commando expeditions against a prisoner-of-war camp on Johnsons Island in Lake Erie.

These Confederate operations on the Great Lakes remain largely unknown. However, some of the people involved did make more indelible marks in history, including a future Canadian prime minister, a renowned Victorian war correspondent, a beloved Catholic poet, a notorious presidential assassin, and a son of the abolitionist John Brown.

The improbable events linking these figures constitute a story worth telling and remembering. Rebels on the Great Lakes offers the first full account of the Confederate naval operations launched from Canada in 186364, describing forgotten military actions that ultimately had an unexpected impact on North Americas future.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherDundurn
Release dateSep 14, 2011
ISBN9781554889884
Rebels on the Great Lakes: Confederate Naval Commando Operations Launched from Canada, 1863-1864
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John Bell

John Bell has worked in leadership roles in ministry organizations, churches, and in business for the past forty years. Throughout his ministry, he has worked with men to help them to be better men, even amazing men. He leads a number of groups in the Chicago area and consults with companies on relational leadership. He launched Amazing Men in 2017. He has been married to his wife, Linda, for fifty years. They have four grown children, a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law, and four grandchildren.

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