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Richard Montgomery

… the sweepings of the New York streets.

Montgomery was killed later that year commanding the failed attempt to capture Montreal in Canada

Richard Montgomery

The Congress having done me the honor of electing me brigadier-general in their service, is an event which must put an end, for a while, perhaps forever, to the quiet scheme of life I had prescribed for myself; for, though entirely unexpected and undesired by me, the will of an oppressed people, compelled to choose between liberty and slavery, must be obeyed.

Montgomery was killed later that year commanding the failed attempt to capture Montreal in Canada

Richard Montgomery

Guard well Gardez Bien

Also the motto on the coat-of-arms of Montgomery County, Maryland

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Richard Montgomery

Born: December 2, 1738
Died: December 31, 1775
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Biography

Richard Montgomery was an Irish soldier who first served in the British Army. He later became a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and he is most famous for leading the unsuccessful 1775 invasion of Quebec.

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