Henry McIver as a Serbian general

Henry Douglas McIver (1841 – 1907) was a soldier of fortune who fought for 18 countries. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A mercenary is a person who takes part in an armed conflict who is not a national or a party to the conflict and is "motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by

McIver spent first ten years of his life in Virginia, USA, and then he was sent to his uncle, General Donald Graham, to finish school and prepare for West Point. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state The United States of America —commonly referred to as the "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, General Graham - an experienced warrior and adventurer - influenced young Henry very much. Instead of West Point, McIver joined the private army of the East India Company when he was only 16 years old. The Honourable East India Company ( HEIC) referred to most commonly as the East India Company, also historically and colloquially as John Company, or

He was sent to India in 1858. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common At that time, Sepoy Mutiny (Sepoy - native soldiers in the East Indian Company army) raged in India. In his first battle, McIver was wounded seriously.

In 1860, McIver fought under Giuseppe Garibaldi in Italy, and after that joined the pretender for Spanish crown, Don Carlos. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Garibaldi redirects here for other meanings see Garibaldi (disambiguation.

When the American Civil War broke out, Henry McIver joined the Confederate side. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Although he was only 20 years old at the time he was already an experienced soldier. While fighting for the Confederate side, he was under the command of three famous Confederate generals: Jackson, Stewart and Smith. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 21 1824 &ndash May 10 1863 was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and probably the At the end of the war, he challenged a Union officer, Major Tomlin, to a duel, which he won. When the Confederacy capitulated, McIver fled to Mexico, where he joined Emperor Maximilian in fighting Juárez’s rebels. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Maximilian I Emperor of Mexico (Emperador Maximiliano I de México (6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867 (born Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph was a member of Austria Benito Pablo Juárez García (benit̪o paβ̞lo xwaɾes gaɾsia ( March 21, 1806 – July 18, 1872) was a Zapotec Amerindian

In Mexico he was captured by Indians, and escaped three months later by swimming across the Rio Grande. He fought at Monterrey, and for his deeds received the title of count. When the Juárez rebellion was successful, Maximilian was executed, and McIver fled to Tampico, where he boarded a ship and left for South America. Tampico, located at, is the main city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, and is the Mexican Gulf 's main economic powerhouse South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a

References

• Davis, Richard Harding (1906). Richard Harding Davis ( 18 April 1864 — 11 April 1916) was a popular writer of fiction and drama and a Journalist famous for Real Soldiers of Fortune. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 235.  

External links

• Real Soldiers of Fortune, by Richard Harding Davis from Project Gutenberg

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