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,…
Smithsonian Deadline for Review of All Content from White House
Although the Smithsonian is a separately chartered agency that is not accountable to the presidency, the White House has set next week as the deadline…
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…
A German Regiment Fights for “Freedom and Justice” at Shiloh
Originally published on March 29, 2012 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger On April 9, 1862, young German-born officer William Mank surveyed…
Confederates Capture Santa Fe and Plot Extermination
Originally published March 16, 2012 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger In March 1862, after the Confederate army had captured parts of New Mexico…
The Swedish Immigrant Who Saved the U.S. Navy
Posted on March 2, 2012 on The Immigrants Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger On March 8, 1862, a massive Confederate ship, clad in…
The Confederate Army in New Mexico Strikes at Valverde
Originally published on February 24, 2012 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger As 3,000 Confederates moved north along the Rio Grande River towards…