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Article: An Irishman's Diary
- Article from:
- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- July 14, 2009
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WHICH IS the unknown Dubliner who is one of the United States'
greatest military heroes and has given his name to cities and
counties in 16 American states? Maj Gen Richard Montgomery died in
December 1775 in the American War of Independence when he was killed
leading an attack through deep snow on the British forces in Quebec.
He was the highest-ranking officer in the American colonists'
Continental Army to die in the war.
Montgomery was born in 1738 at Swords. He was the son of Capt
Thomas Montgomery who held a seat in the Irish House of Commons
representing Donegal. Richard's elder brother Alexander would later
hold that seat and would successfully defend it in the election of
1797 with ...
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