, 1865-07-27
ANOTHER LETTER on THE SAME SUB.
JECT.
AocSr rLEAsAxr, Racine Co.. Wis,
.JuIy II 1AE3.


E6iioEs Ch!csEo Trtbnne:
In your note to letter written by an irish
mar, In Mondays TRIBUNE, you state tha:
not more than 50, GOO Irishmen enlisted In the
Federal armies. think that you underrate
the amount very much, aud in doin. so do u
great hjussIcs to people whoss descendants
may yetcont,ol the future destinics Of the
Republic. The city and State Of New York
alona sent fully 50 600 Ir1shmsa to the war.
The blisades Of sIckles. Corco1an and
3ltagher ABSORBED at 1tnst Is, 600 men, moro
than ninety Fer cent Of whom were born on
1ri.h ground. 1he31th New York {lrish Ri
aes}, Known as "Gel. Kear1ey's pets" BE-
e'dct the largest potteu Of the regiment
known Is " "scott's Life Guards" were conf
poscd OF Irishmen. 1ndeea, fully half Of tho
Brooklyn weEe either 1rlshmsl OF til, sons Of
I1ithmen; and in stating that % 90 OF that
race lett ,hr State Of New York for the Union
a1my, 1 an, feel certain, under the real
aEount. Then, htrs, LOOK at Pennsylvania
The 1rlsh OF that State gen. five regiments,
beside the numbers they contributed to
other oreanizations; and I think the most
one Curtin, vho happens to be very ciosslT
allied to the Irish race. And Wheu I stAts
| that Generals Geary add Owens, one III Whou1
| is L:sh born and the other Of ltlsh parents.
bern In America, are good and truo men, l
sa5e sy Tn tate nsi oa bay s;ste
| State honor As much as Il Was descend.
/ nit Of q Pilgrim mgstlf. Massachusetts, Will
never forget the Rlorics Of her ninth regiment.
Bull Run Russell said It vas the finest regl-
meut Of infantry that crossed chain
81, s'ias' low tbs neg s,h fss fsSsa 'su or lSss
their noble Colonel {Cas:) died from wounds
received IN The defense Of Lis adopted coun.
tsy. Ihe eSth Massachusetts Was 1.ish, and
also one or two Of the companies Of tho 9th.
More than five thousand 1sishmen lett the
Bay State for the a11uies OF their adopted
country, and hare yet to learn that they
have IN any battle proved false or coWaEdlJ.
New Hampshire Ind her Irish regiment, 50
had the States Of Rhode Island, Maine and
CoLnect!cut. When Gov. sprague took COM
mand OF his brigade, he at once appointed
Catholic Chaplain, because OF the large num-
hesitation In declaring that the States of New
York, Pennsyl7aniA and New Jersey and shc
Mem England States supplied TO the Union
armies Que hundred thousand men Of pure
Irish blood.
The IIsh race in the West have not been
txo Irish regiments were raised in Chicago.
one Of which has earned for itself. under tha
lamanted 1InllIgan, national Tenown.
There ara few regiments from Illinois
that the Irish race Is not well
represented In, and l thlnk w
adopted State. Indiana, Ohio, Michigan,
Michigan, Minnesota, lows aud Wisconsin,
all have h.d their Irish regiments. The Ad.
| iutant General Of the latter State, has told
me that near four thousand 1riahmen went
10 the var from Wisconsin. believe With
hishman," oyer7ated the number Of Irish
men thai were in the Union army, but II he
etated that o7er $50, 600 and less than 200, ,00G
Of his race vent to do battle for the Republic
! think he would be stating the honest truth
III. RoWlauds' attack On the Irish people
was uncalltd Tor and unmer1tea. re Nf1tes
like tue Wc1shman. never yet met
Welshman who did not think that the Welsh
. | peopl. were the greatest IN the Eor1d.
| nave, as ueiGhbors, number Of Welshmen
+ most Of whom esteem very much, but they
. ! are the most conceited people In America
~ RaNaqds speaks nne %pnu ps,
!, to know where these nine thousand men wers
i during the laat tour Jeazs. We have no
!. heard cf them In the army of the State. Tue!
tried To ill one company in this county, bn
. | failtd to do 10. He also spcaks Of sevent,
! thoueand Welsh Republican votes IN tl'
) United Statek again ask, where wero thos
eerenty thousand true mem during tn
years Of the war: hare not head Q
, arr Welsh regiments, eud an ceftal
| there has been hone. I suppose the sixty
: one fhpusand Cambrlsns outEde the State
: Wisconsin acted like their co-patsiots withss
, the State, thinking "pradence the bette
RI The walsh are brave people and make th
| hest Kind Of citizens, The few Welsh tha
did ia volunteer, fought as well as other Amet
> ican len soldiers, and my Welsh friends must no
be be- otIsnds d when say no better. 1tr. Row
iands speaks Of generals and statesmen 9
: Wclah extraction, but forgess to write dow
. the biggest traitor since the days OF Gleh