and famous units in all of American military history was a brigade known during the American Civil War as simply “The Irish Brigade.” The Civil War was a uniquely American tragedy. It is not ...

In September of 1861, Thomas Meagher began recruiting Irishmen to form a new Irish brigade. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day (known in Gaelic as Lá Fhéile Pádraig, i.e. “the Day of the ...

Battle after battle, the men of the Irish Brigade held the front lines. Under the guidance of strong leaders they encouraged a new sense of pride for Irish immigrants living in America. What Was ...

McCarter combined a keen eye with keener memory to produce a lively, fresh memoir of camp life, combat and Civil War characters. In "My Life in the Irish Brigade: The Civil War Memoirs of Private ...

Once in the U.S., Meagher formed the Irish Brigade, one of the fiercest fighting units in the Union Army during the Civil War. Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

He was commander of the 69th New York Infantry Regiment (part of the Irish Brigade). You can explore Michael’s military record in U.S. Civil War Soldiers on findmypast. Irish-born Felix ...