Global Genealogy recently announced it is offering two new books, published this year.
Searching for Canadian Militia Records following the Fenian Threat and the Red River Expedition, 1860-1872, written and published by Kenneth G. Cox.
The author identifies available records, how to access them, and discusses interpretation of findings. Several lists of men are also included with names, rank, unit, actions, wounded captured, killed in action, and recipients of Paid Bounty. Illustrated with examples, this 77-page book will help genealogists seeking to learn more about Canadian militia records for those who served in the defense of the Fenian Raids and the Red River Expedition from 1866 to 1872. Militia records from this period are scarce. There are resources, however, that can prove to family historians that their ancestors stepped up when called upon to defend their country, and became more than part-time soldiers.
London Ontario’s Unrepentant Confederates, the Ku Klux Klan and a Rendition on Wellington Street by Ron W. Shaw and published by Global Heritage Press.
Immediately following the American Civil War, a wave of unrepentant Confederate families, who refused to take the oath of allegiance to the United States Constitution, flowed into Canada between 1865 and 1870. Many of those took up residence across southwestern Ontario, including in the city of London. They were joined by men, soon followed by their families, who were fleeing arrest as American President Ulysses S. Grant moved to destroy the Ku Klux Klan.
This 187-page book tells the story of London’s refugee Confederates, KKK fugitives and, in particular, of one man for whom even London proved within reach of a US deputy marshal. The Bratton Affair demonstrated a long-standing sympathy among Londoners, and Canadians generally, for the Confederate cause. It also revealed the young Dominion’s sensitivity in matters of sovereignty and its continued dependence on the muscle of Great Britain in foreign affairs.
The table of contents for both books and prices are available through the linked titles above.
