CHAPTER XVIII.--Dangers which Existed Previous to Confederation of the Provinces--Proposals of Annexation to the United States--Lessons Learned by the Fenian Raid. Fenian Raid of 1870 CHAPTER I.--Gen. O'Neil Prepares for Another Raid on Canada--Secret Shipment of Arms to the Frontier. CHAPTER II.--Another Call to Arms--The Canadian Volunteers Promptly Respond to the Summons. CHAPTER III.--Fenians Again Invade Canada--A Raid from Vermont Promptly Repulsed by a Handful of Canadians. CHAPTER IV.--Operations on the Missisquoi Frontier--The Battle of Eccles' Hill--Complete Defeat of the Fenian Army--Arrest of Gen. O'Neil. CHAPTER. V.--The Canadian Frontier Vigilantly Guarded--Volunteers on Service at Danger Points all Along the Line. CHAPTER VI.--Fenians Gather en the Huntingdon Border--Skirmish at Trout River--The Enemy Routed by the Canadian Troops. CHAPTER VII.--The Dawn of Peace--The Volunteers Relieved from Further Service--Thanked by the Dominion Government, Lieutenant-General Commanding, and the Imperial Government--Medals Bestowed and Crown Lands Granted to the Veterans in Recognition of Their Services. Appendix CHAPTER I.--Full Report of the Investigation by the Court of Inquiry in Regard to the Conduct of Lieut.-Col. Booker at the Battle of Lime Ridge, Together with the Evidence Submitted and the Finding of the Court. CHAPTER II.--Report of the Charges Made Against Lieut.-Col. Dennis, Regarding his Conduct During the Fight at Fort Erie, with the Opinion Delivered by the Court of Inquiry who Investigated His Case. PREFACE. One of the most dangerous and critical periods in the history of Canada was that which closely followed the termination of the Civil War between the Northern and Southern States of America in the year 1865. It is a strange fact that Canadian authors and historians do not seem to have fully realized the gravity of the situation that then existed, as the event has been passed over by them with the barest possible mention. Thus the people of the present generation know very little of the Fenian troubles of 1866 and 1870, and the great mass of the young Canadian boys and girls who are being educated in our Public Schools and Colleges are in total ignorance of the grave danger which cast dark shadows over this fair and prosperous Dominion in those stormy days. It was a period of great peril to this rising young Nation of the North, which might possibly have ended in the severance of Canada from British dominion. But happily this was prevented by the prompt measures that were taken to defend our soil, and the quick response that was made by the resolute Canadian Volunteers when the bugles sounded the call to assemble for active service on our frontiers.