2 Richard Montgomery Quotes

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"Seven Years' War"

*Siege of Louisbourg (1758)/Siege of Louisbourg

*Battle of Ticonderoga (1759)/Battle of Ticonderoga

*British expedition against Martinique/Expedition against Martinique

*British expedition against Cuba/Expedition against Cuba

"Pontiac's War"

"American Revolutionary War"

*Invasion of Canada (1775)/Invasion of Quebec

*Battle of Fort St. Jean

*Battle of Quebec (1775)/Battle of Quebec

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"Richard Montgomery" (December 2, 1738 – December 31, 1775) was an Ireland/Irish-born 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 failed 1775 invasion of Canada (1775)/invasion of Canada.

Montgomery was born and raised in Ireland. In 1754, he enrolled at Trinity College, Dublin, and two years later joined the British Army to fight in the French and Indian War. He steadily rose through the ranks, serving in North America and then the Caribbean. After the war he was stationed at Fort Detroit during Pontiac's War, following which he returned to Britain for health reasons. In 1773, Montgomery returned to the Thirteen Colonies, married Janet Livingston, and began farming.