John C. O'Neill : the Irish Nationalist and U.S. Army Officer Who Invaded Canada / Thomas Fox ; foreword by Michael P. Ruddy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, Thomas, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

O'Neill, John, 1834-1878.

O'Neill, John.

United States. Army. Indiana Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1862-1865).

Irish American soldiers--Biography.

Irish American soldiers.

Irish Americans.

Irish Americans--Politics and government.

Armed Forces.

Canada--History--Fenian Invasions, 1866-1870.

Canada.

History.

Fenians.

United States--Armed Forces--Irish Americans--Biography.

United States.

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

Nebraska.

United States. Army. Indiana Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1862-1865)--Biography.

Irish Americans--Politics and government--19th century.

Irish Americans--Nebraska--Biography.

Monaghan (Ireland : County)--Biography.

Monaghan (Ireland : County).

Ireland--Monaghan (County).

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 232 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Union Army officer, Irish Republican raider of Canada

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"In June 1866-a year after the American Civil War-an 800-man contingent of the Irish Fenian Brotherhood invaded Canada from Buffalo, New York, to free Ireland from British rule. The force was led by Irish-born John Charles O'Neill, a veteran of the 5th Indiana Cavalry. The three-day invasion was a military success but a political failure. Yet the 28-year old O'Neill was celebrated for his leadership and humanity. Elevated to the presidency of the Brotherhood, "General" John O'Neill would again lead Irish nationalists against Canada in 1870. Jailed and later pardoned by President U.S. Grant, O'Neill left the Fenians and attempted a third, futile attack into Canada from North Dakota. His revolutionary career at an end, O'Neill became a colonizer, urging Irish Americans to abandon urban communities in the East to settle on the fertile plains of the West. O'Neill City, Nebraska, is named in his honor. This first full-length biography covers the rise, fall and resurgence of a remarkable figure in American and Irish history."-Provided by publisher-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Maimed from the start

West meets East

Days of glory

Nashville and the Fenians

Ridgeway

Irish hero, American celebrity

The General becomes a President

Vermont and imprisonment

I promise until I don't

A second career

Nebraska

Death in Omaha

Legacy

Epilogue

Appendix A: 1876 O'Neill manifesto

Appendix B: Timeline

Appendix C: The O'Neills/Macklins in New Jersey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-224) and index.

ISBN:

9780786497935

0786497939

OCLC:

1112128635