International incident: How Irish republicans planned to attack Campobello from the U.S.

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New Brunswick

Fenian raids, which mostly impacted Upper and Lower Canada, made an important pre-confederation stop in New Brunswick

While thousands were called, the damage was just a torched building and a stolen flag in 19th century incident

Jordan Gill · CBC News

· Posted: Feb 02, 2025 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

A drawing

A drawing of a Fenian stealing a Union Jack. The Fenians were a group of Irish-Americans whose ultimate goal was Irish independence. (Library of Congress)

The New Brunswick Military History Museum’s latest acquisition is a belated thank you for service to the country before it even existed.

The museum has been given a General Service Medal, which was awarded to a Campobello man for service during the Fenian raids in New Brunswick.

According to Bob Dallison, a Fredericton historian who wrote the book, Turning Back the Fenians, the medal was given out 30 years after the conflict, which took place in the 1860s in the year before Confederation.

“To get the medal you had to be a member who served during the Fenian crisis and you had to be alive,”Dallison said.

“The man that got the medal lived on Campobello Island and he served in the Third Battalion, Charlotte County Militia during the Fenian raids. And his name was Private John Almond Newman.”

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