Commandant Alfred Aylward--How the Prince Was Slain

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What a resume: Fought alongside Garibaldi; Union Army in American Civil War; jailed for Fenianism; leading figure in Black Flag Rebellion challenging British authority in Kimberley; fought against the BaPedi led by Sekukuni-- on behalf of President Thomas Francois Burgers of the South African Republic; editor of the Natal Witness; advisor to Boer Commander Piet Joubert in the First Anglo-Boer War. This all before he went on the American lecture tour and was the subject of this New York Times article of December 25, 1887:
HOW THE PRINCE WAS SLAIN
Alfred Aylward Tells the True Story
The Stampede By The Ityotyozi Which Cost The Widowed French Empress Her Son And Heir
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FA0E1FF93D5E15738DDDAC0A94DA415B8784F0D3
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He apparently fought for the Metis in the Uprising of 1885 in Canada, alongside Louis Riel.

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