During the Civil War, the 69th was part of the Irish Brigade made up of New York infantry regiments recruited from the Irish community. Since 1851 the 69th Infantry has led the New York City St ...

During the Civil War, Kelly said, about 4,000 to 5,000 men served in the Irish Brigade, with soldiers coming from units based in New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Together, the brigade ...

Luckily, in 1851, Meagher made his escape and arrived in New York City the ... Sumter kicked off the Civil War—Meagher began recruiting Irishmen to form a new Irish brigade.

The Civil War was a uniquely ... of the Fire Departments of New York and Philadelphia. Most units, however, retained their special regional distinction. The Irish Brigade, on the other hand ...

MENANDS, N.Y.MENANDS, N.Y. — Members of the New York Army National Guard will pay tribute to New Yorkers who fought in the Union Army’s Irish Brigade during the Civil War. Soldiers in the 1st ...

It was a poetic gesture that offended the archbishop, who called Mooney back to New York and replaced him ... to attend a re-enactment of the Civil War on the war's 150th anniversary.

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When the American Civil War broke out with the shelling ... I think, for instance of the Irish Brigade, made up of three New York regiments of Irish immigrant volunteers, joined by the 28th ...

On Thursday, he will come to the Port Jervis Free Library to read from and discuss his new book, "The Greatest Brigade," about Irishmen who formed a brigade to fight in the Civil War. Craughwell ...

September 17, 1862: the Union and Confederate armies met in a wicked, and ultimately, indecisive battle in western Maryland that resulted in over 20,000 Americans dead or wounded. Given the large ...