However, they were very incorrect. Even after all these two days later, the Fenians crossed the border into Quebec. They were headed to Trout River; this was west of the Eccles hill. The 50th Canadian Battalion, the Montreal Volunteer Artillery, and the British 69th Regiment swiftly dealt with this invasion, and the Fenians fled back across the border. Again, there were no Canadian casualties. Legacy Eccles Hill Road, Frelighsburg, Quebec. Where Canadian Volunteers and Home Guards resisted the Fenian raiders – on 25 May 1870. The site of the granite monument was celebrated close to the battlefield and where the Canadians held their positions. However, even knowing that the true battle took place just south of the Canada–United States border. They established it in Canadian soil as to give national sense of pride. On 1 July 1902, more than three decades after the battle, under the liberal government leader Wilfrid Laurier, in collaboration with the Missisquoi Historical Society, a granite monument was placed to commemorate the battle and the people who fought in it. On its inaugural day, many spectators participating in the event wore red scarves to honour the veterans present. This was because during the battle many of the Canadians didn't have a uniform, therefore they wore bright red scarves over their shoulders. Many of these bright red streamers were placed in the bushes along the road to guide the more than a hundred guests towards Eccles Hill Brome-Missisquoi veteran soldiers from the Missisquoi 60th battalion proudly wore their new commemorative military medals engraved with the Fenian Raids of 1866–1870 inscription. In fact, after thirty years since the end of the Battle Of Eccles hill, the Canadian authorities decided to decorate all veterans who participated in pushing back the Fenian invasion. Thanks to the incorporated registry constituted in 1866 and 1870, today, we know who was part of the Volunteer Canadian militia. References Further references Cline, Lawrence E. Rebels on the Niagara: the Fenian Invasion of Canada, 1866. Albany: Excelsior Editions, an imprint of State University of New York Press, 2018. Klein, Christopher. When the Irish Invaded Canada: the Incredible True Story of the Civil War Veterans Who Fought for... Ireland's Freedom. S.l.: ANCHOR, 2020. Ryan, Desmond. The Fenian Chief: a Biography of James Stephens. Coral Gables, 1969. Steward, Patrick, and Bryan P. McGovern. The Fenians: Irish Rebellion in the North Atlantic World, 1858-1876. Knoxville: University of Tennessee