Title: The immortal Irishman
Description: "A dashing young orator during the Great Famine of the 1840s, in which a million of his Irish countrymen died, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was banished to a Tasmanian prison colony. He escaped and six months later was heralded in the streets of New York--the revolutionary hero, back from the dead, at the dawn of the great Irish immigration to America. Meagher's rebirth in America included his leading the newly formed Irish Brigade from New York in many of the fiercest battles of the Civil War--Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg. Twice shot from his horse while leading charges, left for dead in the Virginia mud, Meagher's dream was that Irish-American troops, seasoned by war, would return to Ireland and liberate their homeland from British rule."--
Subjects: Irish Americans, Generals, Governors, Revolutionaries, Officers, United States, United States. Army of the Potomac. Irish Brigade, Heroes, United States. Army, Prisoners, Biography, History, Meagher, thomas francis, 1823-1867, United states, army, officers, United states, army, biography, Generals, biography, Irish americans, Revolutionaries, ireland, Prisoners, biography, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, regimental histories, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2016-03-20, New York Times bestseller
Places: United States, Tasmania, Australia, Montana, Ireland
People: Thomas Francis Meagher (1823-1867)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865