Raid participant descendants

The brother of your great-great grandfather raided my city : (

The place is still small, housing all of 7000 people.

No hard feelings ;)

Kathy I read a book about 25 years ago about this raid but unfortunately I misplaced it and don't know the name of it or the author. So what I am going to describe is how I best remember the book which may be faulty due to time and memory lapse of an old man. I remember late in war the South sent raiders there to stir up trouble so the North would have to hold troops there. The raid was carried out when the Northern troops were not in town of course if I remember correctly. The damage, unlike the movie was minimal, because there had been a big rain the day before and the wood wouldn't burn. Some minor damage was done inside stores but all was minimal. It was the threat that was obtained though. The Raiders escaped to Canada and were hotly pursued by allerted Northern troops. The Northern troops entered into Canada illegally and actually had the Raiders cornered when a Canadian Mounted Police showed up and said they were on Canadian soil and he arrested them in his custody. The Northern calvary almost was tempted to forcefully take them but the Captain thought the better of it.
The North wanted them in custody and wanted to treat them as raiders rather than soldiers so they could be hung. Of course the Raiders considered themselves soldiers and said they had orders to make the raid. The Canadians decided to contact the Southern general to determine if it was an act of war or terrorism. With the war going on it was not easy to contact the Southern leaders to confirm it and the North put heavy pressure on Canada to give them up. The Canadian government refused to do so and held them in custody till after the war and the southern generals confirmed that they were soldiers acting as an act of war. Since the war was over and it was confirmed they were soldiers they were allowed to go home. Some decided they liked Canada and stayed there and others made their way back home South to their families and lived out their lives there.