The Irish brigade and its campaigns
By: by D.P. Conyngham ; edited with an introduction by Lawrence Frederick Kohl.
Contributors: Kohl, Lawrence Frederick.
Series: Irish in the Civil War,; 4; Irish in the Civil War ;; no. 4.
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 616
Subjects: United States. Army of the Potomac. Irish Brigade.; Irish Americans -- History -- 19th century.; Irish American soldiers.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Irish American.
Description: "No Civil War unit had a more colorful or distinctive history than the Irish Brigade of the Army of the Potomac. Made up of thousands of Irish immigrants from New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, it charged into battle under green flags and was served by Catholic chaplains. The brigade was created and led by Thomas Francis Meagher, an Irish revolutionary who had been condemned by the British for his part in the Rising of 1848.

Making his way to New York after escaping from a prison colony, he established himself as one of the chief spokesman of the Irish-American community. In 1861 he led his countrymen into the Union Army. Once there, they earned a reputation for dash and courage in the most celebrated battles of the eastern theater."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes index.