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American Civil War
Rebel Raiders from Canada
The prisoner came on board the next morning, and reminded Ashley of his promise. The boat was stopped at Sandwich, and three persons came on board, without baggage or freight. They were well dressed, in the 'Canadian style. ' The prisoner said his friends were taking a pleasure trip, and would probably stop at Kelly's Island. At Amherstburg twenty men or more came on board, roughly dressed, and paid their fare to Sandusky. The only baggage taken on board at Amhertsburg was a large old trunk, tied with a cord. In the ordinary course the steamer should have reached Sandusky about 5 P. M. Neither the prisoner nor his three friends apparently recognized the men who came on board at Amherstburg. The boat reached Kelly's Island about 4: P. M., and proceeded south from the island toward Sandusky, Kelly's Island being in the State of Ohio, and and about five miles from the main shore of the United States.
Michigan in the Civil War
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