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American Civil War
Rebel Raiders from Canada
Office Military CommaNder,
District of Michigan,
Detroit, September 22d, 1864.
Brigadier Gen. James B. Fry, Provost Marshal General, Washington, D. C:
General: —I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a report, with accompanying papers, made to the Assistant Adjutant General of the Northern Department, in relation to the proposed attempt to capture the U. S. steamer Michigan, and the late piratical acts of the rebel refugees in Canada. The information I communicated to Captain Carter, commanding U. S. steamer Michigan, doubtless led to the arrest of Cole and others, and exploded the plot.
The person who gave me the information writes me this morning from Windsor, and states that he has seen several of the parties connected in the raid, and among others Dr. Smith, who told him all connected with the affair. He learns that the person who was to have met them at Kelly Island failed to be there.
Michigan in the Civil War
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