Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Markii uu dhamaaday Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Maraykanka, 1866kii Hamilton Naval Brigade ayaa loo yeeray muddo gaaban oo shaqo firfircoon ah oo ilaalinaysa magaalada iyo shaqaalaynta doomaha maraakiibta maraakiibta ee ka jawaab celinta duulaankii Fenian ee ka soo gudbay xadka. Waxyaabaha ay qabteen intii lagu jiray
Weerarradii Fenian, mutadawiciinta ciidamada badda ee Hamilton waxaa la siiyay Billada Adeegga Guud ee Kanada oo ay la socdaan Fenian Raid 1866. Laba sano ka dib, markii la ansixiyay Sharciga Maleeshiyada ee 1868, Shirkadaha Badda ee Jardiin Island, Toronto, Hamilton, Dunnville iyo Port Stanley ayaa laga codsaday inay muujiyaan ujeedkooda ah inay sii joogaan adeegga firfircoon. Dhammaan cutubyada, oo ay ku jiraan Hamilton, waxay ku guuldareysteen inay buuxiyaan waqtiga kama dambaysta ah ee Febraayo 1869 sidaa darteedna, cutubkii ugu horreeyay ee rasmiga ahaa ee Hamilton ee ciidanka badda ayaa joogsaday.