. . . . . . . . . . . . . "Thomas Francis Bourke (sometimes also spelt as Burke) (10 December 1840 - 10 November 1889) was an Irish soldier who fought in the American Civil War on behalf of the Confederacy and who was later a member of the Fenian Brotherhood, a revolutionary organisation linked to the Irish Republican Brotherhood that sought to establish an independent Irish Republic separate from the United Kingdom. He took part in the Fenian Rising of 1867, and was initially sentenced to death for his role in it. His sentence was later commuted before he was released as part of a general amnesty, conditional on going into exile."@en . . "71139897"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Except of Bourke speaking at his trial"@en . . "* American Civil War\n** Capture of New Orleans\n** Jackson's Valley campaign\n** Battle of Antietam\n** Second Battle of Fredericksburg\n** Gettysburg campaign\n*** Battle of Gettysburg \n* Fenian Rising of 1867"@en . "1103384384"^^ . . . . "Thomas Francis Bourke"@en . . . . . . "25.0"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "209"^^ . . . . . "Thomas Francis Bourke"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "16452"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1840-12-10"^^ . . . . . "7"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "right"@en . . . . . . "Thomas Francis Bourke"@en . . . . . . . "I have ties to bind me to life and society, as strong as any man in this court. I have a family I love as much as any man in this court does his. But I can remember the blessing received from an aged mother's lips, as I left her the last time. She spoke as the Spartan mother did\u2014\" Go, my boy. Return either with your shield or upon it.\" This reconciles me. This gives me heart. I submit to my doom, and I hope that God will forgive me my past sins. I hope, too, that inasmuch as He has for seven hundred years, preserved Ireland, notwithstanding all the tyranny to which she has been subjected, as a separate and distinct nationality, He will also retrieve her fallen fortunes\u2014to rise in her beauty and her majesty, the sister of Columbia, the peer of any nation in the world"@en . . . . . . . . . "1889-11-10"^^ . . . . . . . "Thomas Francis Bourke (sometimes also spelt as Burke) (10 December 1840 - 10 November 1889) was an Irish soldier who fought in the American Civil War on behalf of the Confederacy and who was later a member of the Fenian Brotherhood, a revolutionary organisation linked to the Irish Republican Brotherhood that sought to establish an independent Irish Republic separate from the United Kingdom. He took part in the Fenian Rising of 1867, and was initially sentenced to death for his role in it. His sentence was later commuted before he was released as part of a general amnesty, conditional on going into exile."@en . . . .