Canadian militiamen stand over the body of a recently killed Irish soldier who was one of around 1000 Irish veterans from the American Civil war who invaded Canada in 1866 to attack British interests. Fort Erie, June 2nd 1866

Comments

1. HoustonDeathSquad

   What the hell?

2. ArchwayLemonCookie

   Why is nothing ever sourced in this sub?

3. GreedoIsHere

   Can’t be wearing them colors round here, ay.

4. mattathias1

   Chasing the huns to the edge of the planet

5. dpeterso

   Never knew about this. [Here is an article about the planned attack](http://irishamerica.com/2012/03/the-day-the-irish-invaded-canada/)

6. Beeninya

   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian_raids

7. blindeenlightz

   I’m Canadian and never heard about this before. Thanks for the TIL!