john39
05-21-2004, 10:42 PM
I have asked this on another Forum and must admit i was impressed by the result.
An Irish patriot, tried and convicted of sedition?, is sentenced to 7 years in the Australian penal colony at Hobart, Van Diemans Land (now the state of Tasmania).
He then escapes and is one of the very few to succeed in the attempt. He makes his way to the United States and in due course becomes the Commanding General of a famous New York military unit.
His unit fights at Gettysburg etc, and after the Civil War he becomes the Governor of a US territory.
Who is he?
John.
An Irish patriot, tried and convicted of sedition?, is sentenced to 7 years in the Australian penal colony at Hobart, Van Diemans Land (now the state of Tasmania).
He then escapes and is one of the very few to succeed in the attempt. He makes his way to the United States and in due course becomes the Commanding General of a famous New York military unit.
His unit fights at Gettysburg etc, and after the Civil War he becomes the Governor of a US territory.
Who is he?
John.