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the legendary “Fighting 69th,” i.e., Meagher’s Irish Brigade of the American Civil War. The Meagher in question was Brigadier General Thomas Francis Meagher (August 3, 1823-July 1 ...
The US Army said Tuesday it will restore the names of seven Army bases that previously honored Confederate leaders.
Many died in a notorious Confederate prisoner of war camp ... Irish Project was established in 2020 on the Irish in the American Civil War website. Supported by the Consulate General of Ireland ...
Maloney, his mother would ultimately learn, was captured by the Confederates and ... the final resting place of more Irish American casualties from the Civil War than any other place in the ...
A new study outlines how white people’s migration during and after the Civil War, from the Confederate South to ... roots of racial division in American society, which continues to be persistent ...