Category: Civil War
Thomas Meagher: The Man Who Created the Irish Brigade
Originally published May 10, 2012 in the Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger In 1862, the Irish Brigade would become one of the most famous…
Veteran Graves Bridgeton New Jersey
As I was exploring Southern New Jersey, I happened upon a layout in an old cemetery that indicated that Civil War veterans were buried there….
Premier of The Gray House on Civil War Spies in Richmond on Feb 21
The Gray House will premier on Amazon Prime on February 21. It is an eight-part series produced by Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman and it…
Washband Tavern Stop on the Underground Railroad in Oxford Ct
I was up in Oxford, Connecticut to see a reported stop on the Underground Railroad. I have visited a number of these over the years…
Did New Orleans Immigrants See Union Soldiers as Occupiers or Liberators?
Originally Posted April 19, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq. When the first Union Navy ships reached Confederate New Orleans on April 25, 1862, they were met with…
Union General Ben Butler Leverages Immigrant Politics in New Orleans
Originally posted May 3, 2012 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger While the Union held military control of New Orleans after April 1862,…
Union Leader Ben Butler Seeks Support in a Hostile New Orleans
Originally posted April 27, 2012 in The Immigrants’ Civil War General Benjamin Franklin Butler may have been the third most hated man in the Confederacy….
Did Immigrants Hand New Orleans Over to the Union Army?
Originally posted April 10, 2012 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger New Orleans was the only major city in the Confederacy,…
Rowayton Veterans Memorial Norwalk Ct.
Usually when I drive up to Connecticut, I bring Dave Pelland’s authoritative book on that state’s Civil War monuments. Two weeks ago I was up…
The Know Nothing Colonel and the Irish Soldier
Originally published April 5, 2012 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger The North was an ethnically polarized region at the start…