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American Civil War
Rebel Raiders from Canada
In the Adjutant General's report for 1864 is found the following account of a raid made in September of that year, and which is illustrative of the condi tion of affairs in this respect on the frontier about that time.
"In November, 1863, the War Department was officially notified by the British Minister, Lord Lyons, that from a telegraphic dispatch received by him from the Governor General of Canada, there was reason to believe that a
plot was on foot, by persons hostile to the United States, who had found an asylum in Canada, to invade the States on that frontier; that they proposed to take possession of some of the steamers on Lake Erie, to surprise Johnson's Island, near Sandusky, and set free the rebel prisoners of war confined there, and proceed with them to attack Buffalo. This information was communicated by the War Department to the Governors of the States bordering on Canada, and to the military and civil authorities thereof, and urging them to employ all the means in their power to suppress any attempt to carry the plot into effect.
Michigan in the Civil War
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