Memorandum of the family of John McLeish. 1914.

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Memorandum of the family of John McLeish. 1914.

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Memorandum of the family of John McLeish who left Scotland in the year 1854, written in 1914, describing the author's early childhood in Scotland, voyage from England to Melbourne in the ship Gambia in 1854-55, and subsequent life as a gold miner in the Ballarat district.

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McLeish, William, b. 1846.

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Gambia (Ship)

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McLeish, John

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John McLeish (1811-1891) was born in Dundee, Scotland and came to Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1830s. During the American Civil War, he served in the 9th Ohio Independent Battery, which trained at Camp Wood, Ohio after being organized in Cleveland on October 11, 1861. Servicemen in this full, six-gun battery fought in skirmishes and battles throughout the South, including the capture of the Cumberland Gap, the siege of Atlanta and, finally, General Sherman's march through Georgia. In December 1862, M...