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To the names already mentioned of patriots of the Revolution , who afterwards became governors or chief justices of their respective states , we may add William Claiborne , of Irish birth , first Governor of Louisiana when that state was admitted to the Union ( 1812 ) , Andrew Jackson , Governor of Florida , General James Shields , first Governor of the Oregon Territory , Thomas F. Meagher , first Governor of Montana territory , and Edward Kavanaugh , Governor of Maine in 1843 . " A review of air pollution episodes in New England suggests that blobs of polluted air often lurk in the Gulf of Maine during the summer months , causing high pollution levels in coastal areas , " says Jim Meagher , from NOAA 's Aeronomy Laboratory . At Fredericksburg alone , in the memorable attack on Marye 's Heights , the Irish brigade was so depleted that the number of men remaining alive was so small that not enough were left over for a general to command , and General Meagher , their commander , thereupon resigned his commission ( see " The Irish Brigade " , pp . Later the Irish brigade of New York was organized under the command of General Thomas F. Meagher , with the 69th as its nucleus , the 63rd and 88th regiments of New York being added , numbering in all over 2500 men .