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American Civil War
Rebel Raiders from Canada
When, on the return, they had reached the mouth of the Detroit river, some of the party asked Nichols where they were, and he told them 'hi Canadian waters, ' and some of them said it was well for some of the vessels near them, or they
would board them; and they inquired if a certain banker did not live at Gross Isle, in the Detroit river, and being told by Nichols that one Ives lived there, they replied if it had not been so late they would go and rob him. A short distance above Amherstburg two men landed in a boat on the Canadian side. At Fighting Island Nichols and others, part of the crews of the ' Philo Parsons' and ' Island Queen' were put on shore, and the boat proceeded to Sandwich. Nichols followed her, and in two hours got to Sandwich, and found her there deserted by the whole party, and a piano forte, a mirror, and some other articles of furniture belonging to the boat had been landed. Some of Nichols's clothing was also taken away. One of the party wore Nichols's India rubber coat. The male passengers who were taken were, before they were landed, sworn to keep silent as to the transaction for twenty-four hours.
Michigan in the Civil War
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