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The Blue, Gray and Green

Gathering by the fireside of those of us passionate about the Irish experience during America's Civil War.

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CIVIL WAR ARTICLES FROM TWG

The Irish in the American Civil War MONUMENT

Origin of the Word 'Deadline'

Memorial Day: Recalling Those Who Gave Their Last Full Measure

Dispatches From Antietam: Irish Join Throng Marking The Battle's 140th Anniversary

A Union Officer, A Dublin Backmark Trans-Atlantic sleuthing finally yields identity of Irishman in photo

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

'The Irish Volunteer' Finds His Bard: David Kincaid's new CD resurrects passion, war, and politics of the Union's Irish soldier

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

Galvanized Yankees

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

"Their Stories, Our Heritage, Not Forgotten" Irish Heritage Week, 2020: 9th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry U.S.A.

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

"Their Stories, Our Heritage, Not Forgotten" Irish Heritage Week, 2020.Col. Ricard O’Sullivan-Burke; An Irish Patriot—On Both Sides of the Atlantic

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

Two of America's Irish Heroes

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 at Gettysburg

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

"Their Stories, Our Heritage, Not Forgotten" Irish Heritage Week, 2020. 10th Tennessee Infantry, CSA; “The Bloody Tinth”

"Their Stories, Our Heritage, Not Forgotten" Irish Heritage Week, 2020; 5th Confederate Infantry Regiment

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

Patrick Cleburne's Ireland

"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)

"Their Stories, Our Heritage, Not Forgotten" Irish Heritage Week, 2020. The Irish Brigade at Antietam

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

Civil War Photo Sleuth

Started by Nollaig 2016 Dec 1, 2018. 0 Replies

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

"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

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Comment by Gerry Regan on October 18, 2014 at 11:33pm
Comment by William J. Donohue on June 26, 2016 at 1:05pm

I have done more research on Bishop Timon recently only to find out as Vincentian Visitor he was heavily involved with slavery especially at the Vincentian seminary at Perryville, Missouri. It seems his appointment to Buffalo was a very freeing experience after eleven years trying to cope with the complications of balancing Catholic doctrine, state law, and  passive aggressive behaviors of his slaves.

Comment by Gerry Regan on June 27, 2016 at 10:18am

Fascinating, Bill. How did clerics balance what seems the clear immorality of slavery with collaboration of the South's slavocracy?

Comment by John Bullock on July 12, 2016 at 7:04pm

Me Great Grand Father served in the 35th Indiana Volunteers(1st Irish), but I found out a day ago he originally signed up with the 61st (2nd Irish) but lacking numbers, they were incorporated into the 1st Irish.  Looking for anything at all about the 61st, anything please.

Comment by Gerry Regan on July 13, 2016 at 3:55pm

You've seen this, I hope, John: http://thewildgeese.irish/profiles/blogs/the-35th-indiana-hoosier-s... Try contacting the author. Hey Joe Gannon, didn't we have an article in WG 1 about Father Peter Paul Cooney, by a reenactor acquaintance of ours from Indiana? Is that on WG 2?

Comment by Gerry Regan on July 13, 2016 at 3:57pm

Here it is: http://thewildgeese.irish/profiles/blogs/father-peter-paul-cooney-f... 

Father Peter Paul Cooney: Faithful Servant


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Comment by Nollaig 2016 on October 28, 2016 at 8:46am

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Comment by Nollaig 2016 on October 31, 2016 at 10:44am

Above, Gerry Regan recites Thomas Buchanan Read's poem "Sheridan's Ride" at a 1989 National Park Service commemoration of the November 1908 unveiling of the Sheridan Monument, on Sheridan Circle, Washington, D.C.

Those Who Would Sculpt Civil War General Philip Sheridan

Comment by Richard Neely on July 23, 2020 at 5:07pm

Joined because in researching family history, this "yankee" boy (now 74) finds that his Yankee (stretching the term here) side had one uncle drafted who reported to Fort Snelling, Minnesota only to find out the war was over.  

The Norwegians called native born whites "Yankees".   My Southern side is so full of Confederates that it is beyond comprehension!   That aside, I find Viking roots in both sides!

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