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Lachlan McIntosh
1806Feb, 20

Lachlan McIntosh

Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (b. 1725)
Lachlan McIntosh (March 17, 1725 – February 20, 1806) was a Scottish American military and political leader during the American Revolution and the early United States. In a 1777 duel, he fatally shot Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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