"The Fenian Expedition," cartoon, Harper's Weekly Magazine, June 23, 1866.

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Jia Ma, House Divided Project, Dickinson College

Scan date

11/06/2015

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 30, 2016.

Depicted ContentM.L. Burns to the Officers and Soldiers of the Irish Army in Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, June 14, 1866.

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cartoon

Original caption

THE FENIAN EXPEDITION - "I do authorize and empower Major-General George C. Meade, Commander of the Military Division of the Atlantic, to employ the Land and Naval Forces of the United States and the Militia therof to arrest and prevent the setting on foot and carrying on the Expedition and Enterprise aforesaid. ANDREW JOHNSON."

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, June 23, 1866, 400.