Rapscallions!

"Patience is Sour"

Thomas Henry Hines had a cunning plan to free Confederate prisoners-of-war and establish a "Northwest Confederacy." Too bad it was doomed to fail.

Categories: History, Series 14

Tags: American Civil War Bennet H. Young Canada Captain Robert Cobb Kennedy Chicago, IL Clement Claiborne Clay Clement Laird Vallandigham Colonel Robert Martin Confederate States of America Florida General John Hunt Morgan Illinois Indiana Jacob Thompson James P. Holcombe Kentucky New York, NY Ohio Presented by #13 Toronto, ON United States of America Windsor, ON

Published: September 9, 2024

Dangerous Excitement

good times never felt so good

The Canadian revolution seemed over... and then the Redcoats seized an American ship, set it on fire, and sent it plunging over Niagara Falls.

Categories: History, Series 13

Tags: Amherstburg ON Buffalo, NY Canada Cleveland, OH Detroit, MI international law Michigan Montreal, QC New York State Niagara Falls, NY Niagara Falls, ON Ohio Ontario Presented by #13 Quebec Toronto, ON United Kingdom United States Vermont War of 1812 Windsor, ON

Published: January 1, 2024