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4 unusual facts about Canada in the American Civil War


Canada in the American Civil War

The crisis ended when President Abraham Lincoln released the diplomats; he did not issue an apology.

On 17 December, the recently captured blockade runner Ella and Annie — which had been hastily manned, armed and sent to sea — finally caught up with the Chesapeake at Sambro, Nova Scotia.

Rising concerns over the security of railways in Canada while the Civil War raged in the United States led to the 1862 creation of the Grand Trunk Railway Brigade.

Canadian Civil War

Canada in the American Civil War, the events in the colonies of British North America during the U.S. civil war (1861–65).



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