For Erin and America - James McKay Rorty

AN IRISH HERO OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

We dug him a grave near his own shining cannon,

And laid him therein with his sword by his…

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This five-part series on the 69th New York Irish Brigade at…

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The Battle of Cold Harbor, fought 152 years ago this week, has become a…

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It was 1948, and as the military…

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LUAIN -- On May…

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