Turning Back the Fenians

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Edited by Brent Wilson.
Cover illustration detailed from PANB P5-712 showing New Brunswick Militia.
officers at the 1866 Camp of Instruction at Torryburn, NB.
Cover design by Lisa Rousseau.
Interior page design by Julie Scriver.
Printed in Canada.
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Dallison, Robert L., 1935-
Turning back the Fenians: New Brunswick’s last colonial

campaign / Robert L. Dallison.

(New Brunswick military heritage series; v.8)
Co-published with New Brunswick Military Heritage Project.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-86492-461-5

1. New Brunswick — History — 1784-1867. 2. Canada — History — Fenian Invasions, 1866-1870. I. New Brunswick Military Heritage Project II. Title. III. Series.
FC2471.9.F4D34 2006 971.5’102 C2006-904336-1

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