Soldiers And Senator Casgrain
Soldiers And Senator Casgrain |
Year: 1866 |
Publisher: Assumption College |
Type(s): Photograph |
Language: English |
Source: Golden Jubilee : Assumption College 1870-1920. Page 51 |
Notes: The photograph was taken by a Mr. Henry of the Royal Scotts Infantry of Montreal in 1863 [actually late 1865/early 1866]. Senator Casgrain is on the left; Charles Eusebe Casgrain was born in 1825 in Quebec City. He became a doctor and moved to Windsor in 1856. He was the surgeon for the local militia during the Fenian raids. He was also on the Windsor town council. He was a Conservative member of the Canadian Senate, and represented Windsor from 1887 to 1907, when he died. During the Fenian Raids (1866-1871), British troups were garrisoned in the original Assumption College building; the Port Hope Volunteers were there from November 1865 - April 1866. The man standing on the steps is Captain (later General) Arthur Williams of the Port Hope Volunteers; middle back: Ensign Johnson of the Port Hope Volunteers; middle front: Lieutenant James McLeod,also of the Port Hope Volunteers (source: Township of Sandwich, p. 74) |
Subject(s): Casgrain, Charles Eusebe Military Fenian Raids Assumption College (Windsor) University of Windsor Universities Williams, Arthur T. H. McLeod, James F. Port Hope Light Infantry Volunteer Company Johnson, F. G. |
Place(s): Windsor (Ontario) Sandwich (Ontario) |
Rights: Public Domain |
Repository: University of Windsor. Leddy Library |
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