Quite apart from the fact that one third to one half of the American colonial army were Ulstermen or the sons of Ulstermen, nothing brings more conviction of the great part
played by our people in the Revolution than to consider the number of American
officers of high distinction who were of Ulster origin or descent. Over 25 of
Washington’s generals were of Ulster heritage, here are some of those men…
General
Richard Montgomery was from County Donegal. He fell while
gallantly leading his men in an attack on Quebec. By a strange co-incidence,
the British commander on that occasion, and the man who saved Canada for the
British Empire, was General Sir Guy Carleton, who was born near Strabane, only
a few miles from Montgomery's home.
