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Permalink Reply by Gerry Regan on December 5, 2013 at 12:58pm

Here's a good place to start:

The American Civil War at Christmastime -- Live chat tomorrow (Dec. 6th) with historian and writer, Kevin O'Beirne of Buffalo, New York on The Wildgeese.com - sponsored by The Certificate of Irish Heritage, Mercier Press and Civil War News. 

http://thenewwildgeese.com/profiles/blogs/the-american-civil-war-at...

Participants a shot at one of several gifts made available by our sponsors, including a book from Mercier Press and three Certificates of Irish Heritage.

Permalink Reply by Harry Paige on May 3, 2014 at 7:42pm

http://irishamericancivilwar.com/2010/12/22/christmas-with-the-iris...

Permalink Reply by Michael H.J. Kane on May 13, 2014 at 9:53am

Gerry   One of the most interesting aspects of the Irish soldier in the American Civil War is the fact: that the U.S.Army was so ill prepared that that they lacked officers and non-coms. Since there were so many Irishman with experience in the Crimea, Sepoy mutiny, and regular U,S. Army these Irishmen found it easy to enlist as non-coms or as commissioned officers. Perhaps the funniest was Captain James Murphy (a famous Fenian). He enlisted in the 20th Massachusetts, having spent time as a sergeant in the U.S. regulars. He was immediately appointed the head of a school to teach drill and musketry to the regiment. Another was Colonel Tim O'Meara, 42nd N.Y. and  90th Illinois. ) O'Meara was a regular in New Mexico before the war.