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American Civil War
Rebel Raiders from Canada
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
B. H. HILL, Lieut. Col. U. S. A., A. A. P. M. General.
A case was at once made up and carried to Toronto by the Hon. Alfred Russell, of Detroit, the U. S. District Attorney for Michigan, for the extradition of Burley. The matter was conducted with much ability, and his extradition was successfully accomplished in the face of much opposition existing in the Canadian Provinces.
Following is a correspondence with Mr. Russel which gives the result of his case in a court held in the State of Ohio:
Military Department Michigan,
Adjutant General's Office, V
Lansing, October 16th, 1880. )
Hon. Alfred Russell, Detroit:
Dear Sir: —As you were U. S. District Attorney in the extradition case of Bennet G. Burley, claiming to be an Acting Master in the navy of the so-called Confederate States, charged with crime in connection with seizing the American steamer "Philo Parsons, " on September 19th, 1863, with a view to liberating the rebel prisoners confined on Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, and
afterwards sinking her, and committing other unlawful acts, will you please make such a statement as you see fit regarding the case, and the final decision therein.
Very respectfully, your most obedient servant,
JNO. ROBERTSON, Adjutant General Michigan.
Michigan in the Civil War
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