visit from captain moonlight 1870 Andrew George Scott Australian bushranger
Andrew George Scott (baptised 6 March 1842 – 20 January 1880), Aka Captain Moonlight or Captain Moonlite, was an Australian bushranger. Scott was born in Rathfriland, Northern Ireland, son of an Anglican clergyman, but of Scottish descent. His father's intention was that he join the priesthood, but Scott instead trained to be an Engineer, completing his studies in London. On a trip to Italy for the purpose of studying Roman aqueducts, Scott enlisted with the forces of the revolutionary Guiseppe Garibaldi. Though unable to speak the language, Scott's service in the campaign earned him a personal note of commendation from the revolutionary leader. The family moved to New Zealand in 1861, with Scott intending to try his luck in the Otago goldfields. However, the Maori Wars intervened and Scott signed up again, this time as an officer, and fought at the battle of Oraku where he was wounded in both legs. After a long convalescence Scott was accused of malingering and courtmartialed. Scott gave his disquiet at the slaughter of women and children during the siege as the source of his objection to returning to service. Scott then traveled to California, once more with the intention of trying his luck in the goldfields, but was again diverted from this plan when he decided to join the Union Army and fight in the already raging American Civil War. Fighting under General Sherman Scott served until the end of hostilities in 1865. Returning to civilian life he worked as a consultant civil engineer in San Francisco before moving to Australia in early 1868. In Melbourne he met bishop Charles Perry and became lay reader at Bacchus Marsh, Victoria with the intention of entering the Anglican priesthood on the completion of his service. He was then sent to the gold mining town of Mount Egerton. On 8 May 1869 Scott was accused of disguising himself and forcing bank agent, Ludwig Julius Wilhelm Bruun, a young man whom he had befriended, to open the safe. Bruun
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