Category: Immigrants’ Civil War
The Irish Regiment that Ended “Pickett’s Charge”: Gettysburg July 3, 1863
On July 3, 1863, as the Confederates of George Pickett’s Division closed on the stone wall near the top of Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg, they saw…
A Prayer Before Death for the Irish Brigade: Gettysburg July 2, 1863
In the days before the Battle of Gettysburg one soldier reportedly asked another the name of the regiment marching past. He was told “that’s not a regiment,…
The “German” XI Corps at Gettysburg July 1, 1863
After weeks of hard marching, when the “German” XI Corps reached Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, it was suffering from the scorn of many American nativists who blamed the “Dutch”…
Iron Brigade Immigrants Go Into Battle the First Day at Gettysburg
On the warm morning of July 1, 1863, the men of the 6th Wisconsin Regiment of the Iron Brigade were among the closest to danger of the…
Iron Brigade Immigrants Arrive at Gettysburg
On July 1, 1863, the Sixth Wisconsin Regiment arrived in Gettysburg. A battle between a large Confederate force and a Union cavalry division had been waged…
An Irish Soldier Between Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
The Union loss at Chancellorsville was felt on the home front as well as on the battlefield. For the immigrant soldier Peter Welsh, the home front…
Monument to the Immigrants Who Died in Long Island Shipwreck
Many of us have swum off Nassau Beach at Nickerson County Park in Long Beach. If you had been there in the second and third…
Justice Department Is Using Confederate Officer’s Arguments to Overturn 14th Amendment Citizenship Clause
The Washington Post is reporting that the Justice Department is citing a noted segregationist in its case to overturn the Birthright Citizenship Clause in the…
St. Patrick’s Day in the Irish Brigade
by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Join The Immigrants’ Civil War on Facebook Although Ireland is one of the smallest countries in Europe, Irish Americans form the…
Pat Cleburne: Arresting a General, Becoming a General
by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Join The Immigrants’ Civil War on Facebook Civil War regiments were the products of a democratic society. Many officers were…