Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library Sheridan portrayed inspiring his troops in "Sheridan's Ride" by Thure de Thulstrup.… |
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Green Flag Productions This limited edition art print by Bradley Schmehl, part of the artist's Irish Brigade series, depicts Lt. O'Connor on QM… |
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We dug him a grave near his own shining cannon,
And laid him therein with his sword by his side,
Far away from his home by the fair flowing Shannon,
In the strength of his years and the flush of his pride ...
-- From "Captain O'Hay" a poem dedicated to
James McKay Rorty by Michael Scanlan, June, 1887
One of the many…
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United States Army Military History Institute A confident looking Phil Sheridan, taken in late 1863. |
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'BE REVOLUTIONARY': THE SPIRITS OF '76 AND '98
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The veil which conceals the future seems to be removed, and a glance, short and fleeting as the lightning flash, is permitted us into the gloomy valley before us.
-- From Charles Lever's 'Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon' (Dublin,…
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By Brian C. Pohanka
All the bright aspirations of a soldier's glory, all my enthusiasm for the pomp and circumstance of glorious war, fell coldly upon my heart; and I looked upon the chivalry of a soldier's life as the empty pageantry of a dream.
-- From Charles Lever's 'Charles…
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By a stroke of good fortune, I became involved in an Irish/Irish American book writing project that is dear to my heart.
(Left: "Brothers of Ireland" by Don Troiani depicts the 69th New York and 9th Massachusetts Infantry regiments in battle at Gaines Mill,…
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Candace Scott, Ulysses S. Grant Homepage Ulysses Grant, taken in 1879
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Ulysses S. Grant spent five days in Ireland, the 21st country in a world tour he launched after his…
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By Kevin O'Beirne, Kevin P. Gorman, and Joseph E. Gannon
(Right: Historical Art Prints - The 69 PA withstands Pickett's onslaught in "Rock of Erin" by…
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By Gerry Regan
For The Wild Geese
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Tourism Office, Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council The hearth of the Simpson family home. |
The relationship between Ulster and the United States of America originated in days of…
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By Joseph E. Gannon, Managing Editor, The Wild Geese Today
"Monday last being the Day of St. Patrick, tutelary Saint of Ireland, was ushered in at dawn, with fifes and drums, which produced a very agreeable harmony before the doors of many gentlemen of that nation and others." --- A report on the 1766 New York St. Patrick's Day procession… |
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In 1862, the second year of America's Civil War, Meagher's Irish Brigade made two of the most gallant charges in American history, crashing bloodily against a Confederate strongpoint at Antietam's "Bloody Lane" and, 87 days later, attacking Confederates, many Irish, behind Fredericksburg's "Stone Wall." WGT is proud to present the story of the Irish at…
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Editor's Note: The 8th Ohio Vol. Infantry was mustered into service as a 90 day regiment in 1861. Company B of the 8th was an Irish company known as the Hibernian Guards. At the end of their 90 days service in June of '61, the 8th mustered in as a 3 year regiment. They saw their first action in West Virginia in Sept. They were transferred to Shenandoah Valley where they fought during Jackson's Valley Campaign in the spring of '62 and then were transferred to McCellan's Army of the Potomac on…
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University of Kansas Lord Mountbatten reviews Indian troops during World War II. |
Things in Mullaghmore have never quite been…
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