Raising Hell in Montreal: How a Ragtag Band of Confederates Made Montreal its Base During the American Civil War
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Raising Hell in Montreal: How a Ragtag Band of Confederates Made Montreal its Base During the American Civil War
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| Abstract |
The role played by Montreal in the United States Civil War (1861-1865), from hosting Southern sympathizers, to protecting the St. Alban's Raiders, to its role in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The author looks at how Confederate President Jefferson Davis sent former Cabinet member Jacob Thompson to Montreal to organize a secret service that would raid the northern U.S. Thompson's plots included destabilizing the Union economy by converting paper money into gold, bioterrorism with yellow fever, and kidnapping President Abraham Lincoln.
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Canada's History
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April-May 2014
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36-41
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en
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Home-Douglas, Pierre. “Raising Hell in Montreal: How a Ragtag Band of Confederates Made Montreal Its Base During the American Civil War.” Canada’s History, May 2014.
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