God Help the Irish!: The History of the Irish Brigade
PHILLIP THOMAS TUCKER, winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman Award in 1993, has written fifteen books on Civil War, Irish, and African American history includingIrish Confederates:TheCivil War's Forgotten Soldiers(McWhiney Foundation Press, 2007). He is an historian for the United States Air Force in Washington, D.C., and lives in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.