The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-09-24
Irish Americans.

Hon. Patrick Walsh, ex-senator
from Georgia, who was one of the
speakers at the Irish-American ex-
ercises at the Exposition in Nash
vile Tuesday, has the following
history of Irish-Americans in Ten
nessee
Gen. VIM. 3. Bate, the able and
distinguished Senator from Tennes-
see, has furnished me with an i'm
portant contribution with regard to
the loyalty and gallantry of such
Irishmen and Instantaneous as
were connected with the Confed-
crate army:
To give the military career of such
men would require volume. There
were no more loyal and gallant men
in the Confederate army, both as
soldiers and officers, and none were
truer to our cause and stood by our
little flag with its stars and bars and
cross of st. Andrew, from the be-
ginning to the ending, with more
fidelity, pride and patriotism than
did the Irish-Americans who we're
enlisted in the Confederate army.
The Irishman who won the most
distinction on the Confederate side
and gained the highest rank was Maj.
Patrick Il, Cleburne. He was for
merly private in the English army
M wLer O. connection with it
cea .. he ame to this country and
at the time of the breaking out of
the war was a practicing lawyer in
II elena, Ark. He assisted in raising
regime t of Arkansas troops and
became its Go 81. His regiment
was united with -ne Army of 1 en-
nessee, was at Bowling Green, Ky,
in Gen. Hardee's command, under
Gen. Albert Sidney Johnson, and
went with it to Shiloh. Gen. Gle
burne commanded a brigade mat
day composed principally of Ten
nesseeans, which Fought II hardee's
corps and which composed the
front line of b. tie. Gen. Bates
reg rment, the Second Tennessee In
fantry, G. S "A, comp, 'ed it's ex-
IRENE left. He was from that time
OIL identified with the Army of
Tennessee and it's campaigns and
battles. He was subsequently pro-
NOTED and commanded what is
known as Cleburne's Division, was
an active and efficient factor in the
Army of Tennessee until he was
killed in the charge on the Federal
breast-works at Franklin, Novem-
Der 80, 1864.
Next to him in our army was
Brig. Gen. r. G. Taylor, an Irish
man by birth and an American by |
adoption. Gen. Taylor was living
in Memphis as a levy contractor
when the war broke out and enlisted |
as a private, became Quartermaster
of his regiment, the Fifteenth, went
with it into the battle of Belmont,
its first engagement, and so distin-
guished himself that it was but
short time until he was made Col
onel, and on its consolidation with
the Thirty-seventh he became Colo
mel commanding the consolidation.
The regiment was assigned to Gen.
Bates original brigade and Tyler
was a part of it as Colonel until
after the battle of Chickamauga, in
which he again distinguished him
self, and under the recommendation
of Gen. Bate he was made Brigadier-
General and put in command of his
old brigade, Bate having been in
the meanwhile promoted to the
MAJ -generalship. Gen. Tyler was
wounded at Missionary Ridge, and l
being unfit for field duty, was as |
signed to the command at West +
Point, Ga. He was IN command Of q
he fort there when the surrender i
If Gems. Lee and Johnston's army /
ook place. When Gen. Wilson v
With MS cava- demanded a sur a
enc e If TIE fort, Tyler refused to I
i've it up, though with but han0- f
ul of men against thousands, and I
ell while defantly fighting against 4
uch odts rather than surrender; d
nd, Irishman - he was, watered Il
ne So! of Georgle with his blood.
Col. Grace, of the Tenth Tennes- al
.e, was an Irishman, a splendid fl
,ldier, and was killed at the head ST
his regiment at the battle IF
onesboro, Ga. Lieut.. Col. O'Ne.l, sc
the same regiment, was a splen-