Category: Immigrants
An Irish Immigrant Supporter of Lincoln Writes to His Daughter that the 1876 Election Is a Fraud
Patrick Guiney was the colonel commanding the Irish 9th Massachusetts Regiment when he was badly wounded during the Battle of the Wilderness. He would suffer…
Radical Warrior: August Willich’s Journey from German Revolutionary to Union General by David Dixon
Radical Warrior: August Willich’s Journey from German Revolutionary to Union General by David Dixon published by University of Tennessee Press (2020) $40.00 Hardcover. Author David…
Irish World Cartoon: White League “Leave the Negro Alone” Deep Dive
The Irish World, the most popular Irish immigrant newspaper in late 19th Century America, took a firm stand against white supremacist violence during Reconstruction. I…
A “Torrent of Immigrants” Arrive in New York April 1869
While we think of the Reconstruction Era as a time of change and reaction in the South, the North was also being remade. Immigration spiked…
The Suffering of Immigrants in North Carolina December 1868
Many Southern states made attempts to encourage immigration to replace Black labor lost through the end of slavery. While some European and Chinese immigrants did…
White Immigrants Needed to Replace the Dying Black Race Alabama January 1869
After Emancipation, one of the continuing dreams of many white Southerners was that the “Black race” would die out or be exterminated. In this editorial,…
Fr. Ryan, “Poet Priest of the South,” Denounces “Richmond Irish Radical Republicans” Sept 1868
Fr. Abram Joseph Ryan was one of the most visible Catholic priests in the South. A firm Confederate, he served as an army chaplain. After…
Irish Brigade Association Formed January 1869
The Irish Brigade Association reflected the cohesiveness of the Irish Brigade itself. The core New York regiments of the Irish Brigade had been formed specifically…
Before the Republican Wide Awakes There Were the Know Nothing Wide Awakes
I write pretty extensively on another blog about immigrants during the Civil War. One of my articles is about the anti-immigrant Know Nothings of the…
When Louisa May Alcott Endorsed “No Irish Need Apply”
Like many of her background, Louisa May Alcott had strong prejudices against Irish immigrants. While we remember her for Little Women, Alcott was a frequent…