When it comes to the Irish and the U.S. civil war, one of the first things that comes to my mind are the draft riots of 1863 in New York City. Many of the rioters were laborers who were Irish ...

In September of 1861, Thomas Meagher began recruiting Irishmen to form a new Irish brigade. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day (known in Gaelic as Lá Fhéile Pádraig, i.e. “the Day of the ...

HAMDEN — Quinnipiac University’s Great Hunger Museum is showing a new perspective of the American Civil War with ... in the all-Irish units that made up the “Irish Brigade” were known ...

Battle after battle, the men of the Irish Brigade held the front lines. Under the guidance of strong leaders they encouraged a new sense of pride for Irish immigrants living in America. What Was ...

and famous units in all of American military history was a brigade known during the American Civil War as simply “The Irish Brigade.” The Civil War was a uniquely American tragedy. It is not ...

The crowd at Malvern Hill Battlefield was a mix of the curious and the proud on May 24, as National Park Service Ranger Bert ...

in accordance with the earnest desire of the President and Secretary of War. Gen. MCCLELLAN also has expressed an ardent wish to have the soldiers of the Irish Brigade in his command as soon as ...