Trivia 7-6-15 Riddle Me this

[Trivia Master]

Though my father was a politician I was a Forty-Eighter. I was transported to the other side of the world, and later traveled to New York. When the war started I recruited a company, fought at Bull Run and recruited a lot more men - many of whom didn´t return home. After the war I became a politician, too. I crossed several oceans in my life but I managed to drown in a river. Who am I?

credit: @GELongstreet

 

[adisciu9]

Thomas Francis Meagher

 

[Brenal]

Thomas Francis Meagher

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Thomas Francis Meagher

 

[TinCan]

Thomas Francis Meagher

 

[GELongstreet]

Question submitted by me ... and if you have a correct answer that is different from mine you have my thanks for finding and sharing it with us.

 

[Stony]

Thomas Francis Meagher
Source-http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/union-general-thomas-f-meagher-is-born-in-ireland

 

[nextcity]

Thomas Meagher

 

[dlavin]

Henry Bohlen

Edit - Bohlen died in a river crossing, but it happened in 1862, so he could not have become a politician after the war.

Hoosier

 

[War Horse]

Thomas Francis Meagher

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

Why sure, 'tis your man Thomas Francis Meagher. He learned the hard way that it's not good when the road that rises up to meet you is the Missouri.

 

[chellers]

Thomas Francis Meagher

 

[Northern Light]

Thomas Francis Meagher

 

[FarawayFriend]

Whoa, what a difficult question!! First I was mislead by the term Forty-Eighter and always thought of someone with German descent. But Carl Schurz did not drown in a river, d*****

Excellent question again, I learned a lot while researching!!

So my guess is: Thomas Francis Meagher

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Francis_Meagher&oldid=666489459

http://snap.waterfordcoco.ie/collections/efolders/158180/158180.pdf

What a life, btw!! Our authors should think about witing novels about him!

 

[chellers]

Thomas Francis Meagher

 

[Pat Answer]

Thomas Francis Meagher


[ERIN GO BRAGH!!]

 

[R. Alex Raines]

Brig. General Thomas Francis Meagher.

 

[kholland]

Thomas Francis Meagher

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Though my father was a politician I was a Forty-Eighter. I was transported to the other side of the world, and later traveled to New York. When the war started I recruited a company, fought at Bull Run and recruited a lot more men - many of whom didn´t return home. After the war I became a politician, too. I crossed several oceans in my life but I managed to drown in a river. Who am I?

credit: @GELongstreet

Thomas Francis Meagher.

 

[ErnieMac]

Thomas Francis Meagher.