Irish Central15d
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 ...
The New York Sun18d
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 ...
National Interest on MSN18d
Brig. Gen. Meagher’s Irish Brigade Made History in the American Civil War
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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine3mon
Civil War
It had been listed in a record of 7,200 silent films classified as “lost” Untold Stories of American History During the Civil War, Confederates targeted free Black people in the North ...
WOSU Public Media3d
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 ...
PBS3mon
George Pickett
At Fredericksburg, Pickett's men cut down the courageous "Irish brigade ... nearly all the rest would be killed by the war's end. George Edward Pickett was raised in Richmond, Virginia, the ...