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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…
Nuevomexicanos Rally As Confederates Move Towards Santa Fe—But For Which Side?
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…
The Confederates Move Against Latino New Mexico
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…
The Democratic Party and the Racial Consciousness of Irish Immigrants Before the Civil War
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…
Irish Green and Black America: Race on the Edge of Civil War
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…
Lincoln, the Know Nothings, and Immigrant America
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…