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American Civil War
Rebel Raiders from Canada
On the morning of the day above referred to, four of the raiders, including Bennet Q. Burley, one of their apparent leaders, took passage on the said boat at Detroit. On her way down the Detroit river, on her passage to Sandusky, she landed at the Canadian. ports of Sandwich and Amherstburg, where the balance of the raiders got on board, the whole, as has since been ascertained, numbering about thirty.
"The following condensed depositions of W. 0. Ashley and D. C. Nichols, belonging to the steamer, taken as evidence on the extradition trial of Burley, at Toronto, in Canada, give a full account of the occurrences on board the Philo Parsons during the time the raiders held possession of her:
Michigan in the Civil War
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