Richard Montgomery

Richard Montgomery (December 2, 1738 - December 31, 1775) was a general in the American war for independence.

Richard Montgomery
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Born	(1738-12-02)December 2, 1738 Swords, Dublin, Kingdom of Ireland
Died	December 31, 1775(1775-12-31) (aged 37) Quebec City, Province of Quebec
Buried at	Quebec City, Province of Quebec (reinterred in 1818 to St. Paul's Churchyard, Manhattan, New York City)
Allegiance	Great Britain United Colonies
Years of service	United Kingdom Army (1756–1772) Continental Army (1775)
Rank	Major general
Battles/wars	Seven Years' War Siege of Louisbourg Battle of Ticonderoga Expedition against Martinique Expedition against Cuba Pontiac's War American Revolutionary War Invasion of Quebec Battle of Fort St. Jean Battle of Quebec  †
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Richard Montgomery Media

• General Jeffery Amherst promoted Montgomery to lieutenant after the Siege of Louisbourg in 1758.

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  Edmund Burke was one of Montgomery's associates in Britain.

• The American invasion of Canada.

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  Plan des redoutes érigées à Saint-Jean lors de l’été 1775. Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, NMC-2771

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  General Guy Carleton opposed Montgomery at Quebec.

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  The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775, John Trumbull, 1786

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  MGen Richard Montgomery with autograph in 1775

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  Montgomery monument sculpted by Jean-Jacques Caffieri in 1777, installed at St. Paul's Chapel in 1787

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  This statue of Montgomery is near the Philadelphia Museum of Art