Thomas William Sweeny
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Thomas William Sweeny was an Irish-American soldier who served in the Mexican–American War, the Yuma War, and as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Sweeny in his Brigadier general attire, c. 1865
Fenian raids
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The Fenian raids were a series of incursions carried out by the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish republican organization based in the United States, on military fortifications, customs posts, and other ta
Thomas William Sweeny
…acquitted. He mustered out of the volunteers in August 1865, and was dismissed for going AWOL by the end of the year. In 1866, he commanded the ill-fated Fenian invasion of Canada, after which he was arrested for breaking neutrality laws between the United States and Britain, but was soon released. He was reinstated with his…
Depiction of the Fenian charge during the Battle of Ridgeway
Members of the Canadian Militia were ambushed by the Fenians at the Battle of Ridgeway in June 1866
A funeral for soldiers killed during the Fenian attacks in Canada East, 30 June 1866.
Crowds celebrate the return of militiamen in Montreal, 1866.