Ogden Daily Standard | 1906-07-06 | Page 1 | Death Recalls a Chapter in Civil War

CHAPT ana ALSO THE DROWNING OF GEN MEAGHER wife of famous commander of irish brigade dieson heart disease new york 6 mrs elizabeth M J meagher 0 general thomas F Meagher led th e famous irish brigade in tho civil war died yesterday at her ham e in hyo west chesseri county of was southfield orange county N Y in 1830 andins i of peter mrs meaghers great grandfather that was stretched across the hudson during the revolution toa prevent the british from ascending the rivier above west points her grandfather was the first man in the country 0 o reake steel rails mrs M met her this city while he anex lle frymire land because of his connection with the patriotic league there was becoming famous for his oratory mrs meagher attended her husband during the civil war ond was with him at alie first battle of bull run she succeeded in nursing him back to health when he was given up for dead after the battle when he was made territorial secretary of montana after the war she went with him one evening he was drowned mysteriously while crossing the little missouri river at fort benton mrs meagher had divers hunt for alj body but never found it da