The New York Sun15d
A Toast to the Irish Regiment, New York’s ‘Fighting 69th,’ on St. Patrick’s Day
Americans celebrating Irish heritage on St. Patrick’s Day can do so by toasting the legendary 69th Infantry Regiment. “The Fighting Irish” embody the spirit behind today’s parades and parties, with ...
The National Interest on MSN15d
Brig. Gen. Meagher’s Irish Brigade Made History in the American Civil War
We started by telling the story of El Batallón de San Patricio(“Saint Patrick’s Battalion”), aka the San Patricios, Irish immigrants to the United States who fought on the ...
Irish Central11d
The American Civil War through the eyes of an Irish photographer
As a teenager, he was an apprentice to the Irish American photographer ... For the first year of the Civil War, O’Sullivan worked with Brady, and then in 1862 became assistant to colleague ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution25d
New Civil War research more fully details deaths in South, Georgia
Confederate Gen ... cemetery holds hundreds of Irish who fought ‘war to end slavery’ J. David Hacker, the historian who calculated the Civil War death toll estimate in 2011, is using the ...
BreakingNews.ie23d
Irish Tricolour celebrations in Waterford mark 177th anniversary of when it was first flown
On March 7th of that year, Thomas Francis Meagher, a leader of the Young Irelanders, flew the flag from the Wolfe Tone Confederate ... Irish troops fighting to preserve the Union in the Civil War.
The News Journal26d
When is Mother's Day 2025? What you need to know about the holiday
The Irish holiday explained Need a ... The clubs became a unifying force after the Civil War, as mothers gathered with Union and Confederate soldiers to promote reconciliation.
Irish Central18d
“Walking in the footsteps” of your Irish ancestors
If you have Irish male ancestors who immigrated prior to 1862, then it is likely they served in either the Union or Confederate Army during the US Civil War. The pension records for one of Mike ...
Austin American-Statesman22d
English is America's official language? Not if you look at our diverse history | Opinion
The Confederate constitution and the declaration ... as they were in the Civil War. Immigrants drug my native state of Missouri kicking and screaming back into the Union. Meanwhile, in Texas ...
Georgia Bulletin13d
Remembering a heroic Atlanta Irishman
ATLANTA—Called “the first Atlantan too busy to hate,” Irish native Father Thomas O’Reilly was honored ... buildings from destruction during the burning of Atlanta in the Civil War. The pastor of the ...
Mises Institute25d
The Importance of Constitutional Government
In his book, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government ... administered on such an interpretation of powers, blunder into a civil war, and approach the throes of dissolution.” In his view, there ...
WOSU Public Media12h
Rare Confederate flag captured in Pickett's Charge to be sold at Columbus auction
The flag is the only known privately-owned Confederate battle flag captured during Pickett’s Charge from Pickett’s Division ...