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 3.5-mile (5.6-kilometer) parade rolls through the neighborhood South Boston, a center of Irish-American heritage in a city where more than 1 in every 5 people are of Irish descent. The South ...

At Fredericksburg, Pickett's men cut down the courageous "Irish brigade." But his luck changed ... nearly all the rest would be killed by the war's end. George Edward Pickett was raised in ...