The history of Irish in the Civil War?

Question

I was reading about the differing nationally shown on the site in reference to the Civil War, and I was wondering if anyone consider the Irish? Those many families from the migrations during Ireland's famine as well as those families of seeking freedom?

Comments

A thousand thank, this old man just may have lead some! Well Done!

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Nice question Calvin, I've a Civil War Ancestor that came from Ireland.

Answer 1

Great question Calvin,  Here on wikitree we have a Category for them see Category:Irish_Americans_in_the_American_Civil_War

And the Ireland Project has a working reference page at Space:Irish_Military_Diaspora_United_States #Civil_War_1861-1865

Comments

thanks for the star David

Answer 2

Here's a good article about the "Irish Brigade" some of the more than 150,000 Irish immigrants who fought for the Union.

Irish Soldiers in the Union Army (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

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Thank you so much for this article. It is a pretty informative one.

And that site, in general, is a great one, with many great articles. I'm new to this forum and to genealogy in general, so each new resource is valuable for me. In my uni, we discuss the Civil War now, and that's why I need some good informational resources to be able to discuss it. I've also come across this page https://edubirdie.com/examples/civil-war/, which provides different paper samples on it, and there I found some new info pieces. And when I write my paper, I'd also be able to find some ideas and inspiration too.

Answer 3

Damian Shiels is the authority on the Irish in the American Civil War.  See his website at
https://irishamericancivilwar.com/