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See also:MEAGHER, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:FRANCIS (1823–1867) , Irish nationalist and See also:American soldier, was See also:born in See also:Waterford, See also:Ireland, on the 3rd of See also:August 1823. He graduated at Stonyhurst See also:College, See also:Lancashire, in 1843, and in 1844 began the study of See also:law at See also:Dublin. He became a member of the See also:Young Ireland Party in 1845, and in 1847 was one of the founders of the Irish See also:Confederation. In See also:March 1848 he made a speech before the Confederation which led to his See also:arrest for See also:sedition, but at his trial the See also:jury failed to agree and he was discharged. In the following See also:July the See also:Con-federation created a " See also:war See also:directory " of five, of which Meagher was a member, and he and See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith O'Brien travelled through Ireland for the purpose of starting a revolution. The See also:attempt proved abortive; Meagher was arrested in August, and in See also:October was tried for high See also:treason before a See also:special See also:commission at See also:Clonmel. He was found guilty and was condemned to See also:death, but his See also:sentence was commuted to See also:life imprisonment in See also:Van See also:Diemen's See also:Land, whither he was transported in the summer of 1849. See also:Early in 1852 he escaped, and in May reached New See also:York See also:City. He made a tour of the cities of the See also:United States as a popular lecturer, and then studied law and was admitted to the New York See also:bar in 1855. He made two unsuccessful ventures in journalism, and in 1857 went to Central See also:America, where he acquired material for another See also:series of lectures. In 1861 he was See also:captain of a See also:company (which he had raised) in the 69th See also:regiment of New York See also:volunteers and fought at the first See also:battle of See also:Bull Run; he then organized an Irish See also:brigade, of whose first regiment he was See also:colonel until the 3rd of See also:February 1862, when he was appointed to the command of this organization with the See also:rank of brigadier-See also:general. He took See also:part in the See also:siege of York-See also:town, the battle of See also:Fair Oaks, the seven days' battle before
See also:Richmond, and the battles of See also:Antietam, Fredericksburg, where he was wounded, and See also:Chancellorsville, where his brigade was reduced in See also:numbers to less than a regiment, and General Meagher resigned his commission. On the 23rd of See also:December 1863 his resignation was cancelled, and he was assigned to the command of the military See also:district of Etowah, with headquarters at See also:Chattanooga. At the See also:close of the war he was appointed by See also:President See also:- JOHNSON, ANDREW
- JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
- JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
- JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
- JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
- JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
- JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
- JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
- JOHNSON, THOMAS
Johnson secretary of See also:Montana Territory, and there, in the See also:absence of the territorial See also:governor, he acted as governor from See also:September 1866 until his death from accidental drowning in the See also:Missouri See also:River near Fort See also:Benton, Montana, on the 1st of July 1867. He published Speeches on the Legislative See also:Independence of Ireland (1852).
W. F. See also:Lyons, in Brigadier-General Thomas Francis Meagher (New York, 187o), gives a eulogistic See also:account of his career.
End of Article: MEAGHER, THOMAS FRANCIS (1823–1867)
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