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CIVIL WAR ARTICLES FROM TWG
The Irish in the American Civil War MONUMENT
Memorial Day: Recalling Those Who Gave Their Last Full Measure
Dispatches From Antietam: Irish Join Throng Marking The Battle's 140th Anniversary
Building a trail to recall the Irish role in America’s bloodiest war
Bust of Thomas Francis Meagher Destined for Brooklyn
With Dublin Talk, Irish Gov'ment Highlights America's Civil War
'If It Had Only Been For Ireland': John C. Mitchel Dies in Carolina
Soldier Jennie Hodgers: Irish Woman Fought in America's Civil War
Irish Fight for Union Resounds
Emma Kline: Hoop-Skirt Smuggler During the Siege of Vicksburg
SRO Event Launches Irish Commemoration of America’s Civil War
Those Wonderful, Intelligent Irish Genes - Thank You, Ireland
Gods and Generals: 'Stonewalling' the Civil War
The Stories Behind the Songs: 'Kelly's Irish Brigade'
Irish in America's Civil War with Damian Shiels, Robbie Doyle, Gerry Regan
The History Show , RTE Radio 1 American Civil War and the Contribution of the Irish programme 1
A Dog’s Tale: Pat and Mike Go To War
Color Sergeant Michael Brady: The Luckiest Irishman in America's Civil War
Jews Who Fought in Famed Irish Brigade's 28th Massachusetts
The Irish at Sabine Pass -- September 6-8, 1863
Confederate Hero, Dick Dowling: Miracle at Sabine Pass
Grab Keneally’s Biography of an ‘American Scoundrel’
Brevet Brigadier General Peter John Sullivan
The History of the Irish Brigade
The Stories Behind the Songs: 'The Irish Sixty-Ninth'
Memorials, Tombstones and Cenotaphs
In `92, Billy Yank and Johnnie Reb March in Dublin
Christmas in the Union's Irish Brigades Part 1 of 2: Early War In the Irish Brigade
Remembering the Irish Who Fell at Fredericksburg
Cleburne: Let Blacks Fight for the Confederacy
St. Patrick's Day's Powerful Tug
Special Report: The Irish Battle at Antietam: 140th anniversary
Mary Brady: Angel of the Battlefield
Tom Sweeny: He Wasn't Called "Fighting Tom" For Nothing
Sheridan Rides to Lincoln's Rescue in 1864 Election Parts 1 & 2
Corcoran: From Bane to Toast of the Nation: Parts 1 through 5
Cleburne: A Confederate 'Meteor'
Irish Brigade Clears Way for Governor Mario Cuomo, March 1991
LIVE Community Chat with Mike Harrington - Sunday, Sep. 8 (Sabine Pass)
An Irishwoman at War (Irish Heritage Week 2020)
'The Fighting 69th' Parts 1 & 2
‘Meagher of the Sword’ – The Civil War Legend and His Kildare Boyhood
The American Civil War at Christmastime: A Community Chat with Kevin O'Beirne
Private Luke Quinn, USMC, Was He The First Casualty of The American Civil War?
U.S. Grant's Ancestral Homestead in Tyrone
The Confederate Monument Issue: Is it Pride or Prejudice?
Cleburne's Incendiary Proposal: Let Blacks Fight for the Confederacy
Confederate Hero, Dick Dowling: Miracle at Sabine Pass
Cleburne: The Defense of Ringgold Gap
Call for Tuam Town Hall to remove memorial to Irish Confederate major
Disquieting Kiss: Embracing the Blue, Gray and Green
Recalling the 155th New York Volunteer Infantry 'Corcoran's Irish Legion' 1862-1865
'Free and Green': Song -- and Fate -- Bring Limelight to Civil War Hero
Scrappy Phil Sheridan - The U.S. Army's Little Big Man
Sheridan Rides to Lincoln's Rescue in 1864 Election
General Phil Kearny: 'The One-Armed Devil'
Irish Dominate Medal of Honor List
James J. Shields: Tyrone Native Served America Well—and Often
The Stories Behind the Songs: 'Camp Song of the Chicago Irish Brigade'
'South Wind': Awakening the Silent Voices of America's Civil War
The Call to Arms: The Irish at 1st Bull Run, Parts 1 through 5
The Civil War and the Irish in New Orleans
Father Peter Cooney, CSC: Chaplain of 35th Indiana (1st Irish)
Dying Together: From Bull Run to Baghdad
An Irishman In The 8th Ohio Volunteers
The Confederate Monument Issue: Is It Pride or Prejudice?
The Irish Sword': A Community Chat All About Dick Dowling, with Mike Harrington
The Deadliest Day: The Irish Brigade at Bloody Lane, September 17, 1862
'The Fighting 69th' Makes History, Yet Again
Mayo's Robert Horatio George Minty: Past Imperfect Hero
Defender of the Faith: Commander Aids Pope, U.S. Army
'Born a Soldier': Myles Walter Keogh - Part 1 through 3: From Carlow to America's Civil War
Dispatches From Antietam: Irish Join Throng Marking The Battle's 140th Anniversary
How a 22-Year-Old Firebrand Became 'Meagher of the Sword'
Father Peter Paul Cooney: Faithful Servant
Honoring Father William 'Fair Catch' Corby
AOH Historian: Irish vs. Black Narrative in Draft Riots a Fiction
'Undaunted Courage': The Irish at Fredericksburg
The Easter Rising, America's Civil War, and 'The Minstrel Boy'
U.S. Warship Comes to Queenstown, November 1863
A Confederate Chieftain 'Crosses Over The River'
'The Florence Nightingale of The Army of Northern Virginia'
'Come On Back, Boys! Give 'Em Hell, God Damn 'Em! We'll Make Coffee Out Of Cedar Creek Tonight!'
Colonel Patrick Guiney: Boston's 'Good Knight'
Character Assassination in 'Gods and Generals': Shaara Book Portrays T.F. Meagher as Bumpkin
In Pursuit of Lincoln's Assassin: Roscommon-Born James Rowan O'Beirne (Part 1 & 2)
Private Willie Mitchel: An Irish Confederate Boy
William 'Whack' Ryan: Martyr to Cuban Freedom
Long-dead James J. Shields faces GOP in new tussle
The Irish Brigades'S Fifth Regiment (116th PA)
The 35th Indiana: Hoosier State's '1st Irish': Part 1 & 2: Be Just and Fear Not
Dynamite Johnny O'Brien: 'A Captain Unafraid'
For Erin and America - James McKay Rorty
The 5th New York's Daniel J. Meagher
The Wolfe Tone Guard in Civil War California
Irish Confederate at Gettysburg
Fr. John Bannon -- 1st Missouri Brigade, C.S.A. (Irish Heritage Week 2020)
Band of Brothers: The Day the Irish Brigade Saved the 9th Massachusetts
Semmes and the San Patricios: 'Dishonored and Dishonorable'?
Irish Rebels and the Baltimore Riots
"Faithful to us here, we loved him to the last.": Col. Patrick Kelly
The Irish Fight for Grant at Cold Harbor
The First Republican President in Ireland, Parts 1-2-3: Ulysses S. Grant Tests the Emerald Waters
The Mystery of the 69th Pennsylvania's Irish Flags
In Pursuit of Lincoln's Assassin: Roscommon-Born James Rowan O'Beirne (Parts 1 & 2)
Restored Painting Captures Return of the 69th By Liam Murphy / WG Heritage Editor
Band of Brothers: The Day the Irish Brigade Saved the 9th Massachusetts
June 3, 1864: Irish Regiments Fight for Grant at Cold Harbor
How St. Patrick's Day Was Celebrated by The Irish Brigade in the Year 1863
Among the Irishmen at Gettysburg
Confederate General's Family Saga: Anglo-Irish and Well-Respected
Confederate Major General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne
Special Report: The Irish Brigade Monument Unveiling
General Phillip Sheridan: Short in Stature, Tall in the Saddle
Discussion Forum
Cpl. William Murphy, Battery "C" Fifth U.S. Artillery
Started by Tom Mitchell. Last reply by Liam McAlister Sep 16, 2021. 1 Reply 1 Like
Tags: William, Murphy, Cpl., Grandfather, Three-Greats
Civil War Photo Sleuth
Started by Nollaig 2016 Dec 1, 2018. 0 Replies 1 Like
https://www.civilwarphotosleuth.com/ Their mission is to rediscover the lost names and stories of every photo of American Civil War soldiers and…Continue
An Appeal for Civil War Descendants
Started by Nollaig 2016. Last reply by William J. Donohue Feb 10, 2017. 1 Reply 0 Likes
"Mind the Gap Films is developing a documentary about the personal experiences of Irish men who served in the American Civil War, for broadcast on RTÉ. We’re looking for descendants who have letters,…Continue
From the Vikings to WW2, and Beyond – The World’s Best Battle Reenactments
Comment Wall
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Comment by Peter M. Berezuk on March 28, 2014 at 3:45pm
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Greetings Comrades! I've been off grid for a bit because of the paying work, my hobby activities, and some positive changes in my personal life. The 69th NYSV Historical Association was honored to march behind the 1/69th Infantry with the Children of the 69th in this year's Saint Patrick's Day Parade in New York City. Here is some video footage of the 1/69th and Historical Association - https://www.youtube.com/LBo4NoUT4E&h - let me know if this doesn't work. I'm cutting and pasting on my cellphone while relaxing at the Colonial Tavern in Fredericksburg, VA.
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Comment by Gerry Regan on March 29, 2014 at 1:14pm
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Great to hear from you, Pete. What's going in in Fredericksburg this weekend? I've forgotten, do you live in VA? Pete, https://www.youtube.com/LBo4NoUT4E&h seems a broken link!
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Here is the correct link for the NYC Saint Patrick's Day video...
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Comment by Cynthia Neale on April 3, 2014 at 2:58pm
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Certainly there were nurses who went to the battlefield. And there were women who donned soldiers' clothing and pretended to be men. Does anyone know of an Irish woman who went to Gettysburg and what her experiences might have been?
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Comment by Brendan Hamilton on April 3, 2014 at 3:17pm
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Bridget Diver might have been at Gettysburg. She was an Irish native who followed her husband to the front with the 1st Michigan Cavalry, part of George A. Custer's famous Wolverine Brigade. I'd never heard of her until I saw Damian Shiel's article about her on his Irish in the American Civil War blog.
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Brendan, thanks! You've been a wealth of information. You should be charging, but I have no money to pay you!
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I'm half-way through reading The Irish in the American Civil War (Damiel Shiels) and these are interesting, although heartbreaking, stories. I'm reading about real lives and not just historical facts.
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Comment by Harry Paige on May 4, 2014 at 7:14am
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This painting depicts the Irish Brigade attack on those entrenchments at Spotsylvania. Note that the flag is of the 116th Pa., and the soldier on the right wears the insignia of the 69th NY.
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Harry, on whose right -- the Federals' or the Confederates?
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federals
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