John O'Neill (Fenian)
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General John O'Neill was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood
(Fenians).
He was born in Ireland, moved to the US, and served in the Union Army in the Civil War.
He led a raid on Canada from the US (see Fenian raids
).
Irish Republican Brotherhood
The Irish Republican Brotherhood was a secret oath-bound fraternal organisation dedicated to the establishment of an "independent democratic republic" in Ireland during the second half of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century...
(Fenians).
He was born in Ireland, moved to the US, and served in the Union Army in the Civil War.
He led a raid on Canada from the US (see Fenian raids
Fenian raids
Between 1866 and 1871, the Fenian raids of the Fenian Brotherhood who were based in the United States; on British army forts, customs posts and other targets in Canada, were fought to bring pressure on Britain to withdraw from Ireland. They divided many Catholic Irish-Canadians, many of whom were...
).