The Reconstruction Era

Originally published February 17, 2012 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger On October 21, 1861, the Texas Confederate army began its…

Originally published on February 10, 2012 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Not all “immigrants” crossed oceans to become American citizens in 1848. One…

Originally posted February 3, 2012  in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Anthropologists like to remind us that race is not a…

Originally posted January 27, 2012 by Patrick Young in The Immigrants’ Civil War In 1841, leading figures in Ireland sent a petition signed by 60,000…

Originally Posted January 19, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq. in The Immigrants’ Civil War Rumors circulated during Lincoln’s 1860 run for the presidency that he…

Published originally on January 13, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger More than a decade of Know Nothing violence and propaganda had a dramatic impact on the immigrant communities  that were…

Originally posted December 16, 2011  in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger August 6, 1855, was supposed to be election day in…

Originally posted on December 9, 2011 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger In 1841, New York City’s public schools used Protestant…

Posted December 1, 2011 by Patrick Young in The Immigrants’ Civil War. The Know Nothing Party sprang to life in the wake of the massive immigration from Ireland and…

Originally published November 16, 2011 in The Immigrants’ Civil War by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger Henry Winter Davis served in Congress in the 1850s and…