Brigadier-General Thomas Francis Meagher: His Political and Military Career;; With selections from his speeches and writings.
New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co., 1870. Crown octavo : pp. vi, 357 : dark brown endpapers : purple cloth double ruled in blind with debossed ornament on both boards (gilt stamped on top board) : gilt lettering and remnant of paper label (ex libris?) on spine.
Spine sunned, lettering dull, and head and tail are tender; joints rubbed; corners pressed; top edge toned; front free endpaper with slim chip to leading edge. Item #15611
Thomas Meagher was leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848, sentenced to death but instead sent to Van Diemen's Land for life. He escaped in 1852 and arrived in New York where he studied law and worked as a journalist until the start of the Civil War when he joined the U.S. Army and rose to the rank of Brigadier-General. After the war he was appointed Montana's Territorial Secretary of State and served as its Governor before drowing in the Missouri River in 1867. There are many theories about how the accident occurred including accident, suicide and murder. An unusual career trajectory with an Australian component.
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