FOOTNOTES, CHAPTER III
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'HERE LIES THE BODY OF FREDERICK MACKESON, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL IN THE BENGAL ARMY, COMPANION OF THE BATH, AND COMMISSIONER OF PESHAWAR, WHO WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1807, AND DIED SEPTEMBER 14TH, 1853, OF A WOUND INFLICTED BY A RELIGIOUS FANATIC.
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Note 1 · He was the beau-ideal of a soldier—cool to conceive, brave to dare, and strong to do. The Indian Army was proud of his noble presence in itsNote 2 · [Footnote 1: Now a retired Major-General.] [Footnote 2: Now General Sir James Abbott, K.C.B.] [Footnote 3: Men who carry the guns, and pointNote 3 · [Footnote 1: See 'Memorials of the Life and Letters of Major-General Sir Herbert Edwardes.'] [Footnote 2: 'Memorials of Major-General Sir HeNote 4 · [Footnote 1: Place where the arms and accoutrements of Native regiments were kept.] [Footnote 2: This name was the origin of the sepoys gene