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The Greatest Brigade
by Thomas J. Craughwell
239 pgs, paperback. By shouting their Gaelic battle cry, the men of the Irish Brigade charged across the bloodiest battles of the Civil War and into the realm of legend. This is the story of a band of heroes that covered the Yankee retreat at Bull Run, drove the Confederates from the Sunken Road at Antietam, and made charge after charge of Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg. The gallantry of the Irish Brigade won them the admiration of the high command of both North and South, earned them 7 Medals of Honor, and after the war, went a long way to help the Irish assimilate into the American mainstream. Item A4 -- $19.99
Books
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A1 |
Melting Pot Soldiers - The Union's Ethnic Regiments |
By William L. Burton, paperback, 250 pg. In 1861, in most states in the North, there were large populations of emigrants whose leaders were active in American politics at loca, state and national levels. Ethnic politicians worked hard to recruit young men into regiments based upon their country of origin. This book looks at those recruiting efforts, mostly directed at German and Irish emigranst, but also Scandinavian and Scottish. | $23.00 | ||
A2 |
Commanding Boston's Irish Ninth - The Civil War Letters of Colonel Patrick R. Guiney, Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry |
Ed. by Christian G. Smito, 310 pg. Guiney's letters reveal the experiences and thoughts of an Irish Catholic soldier and the hidden tensions among the Irish emigrant community during the Civil War. |
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A3 |
Kelly's Heroes - The Irish Brigade at Gettysburg |
By T.L. Murphy, paperback, 65 pg. The goal of the book is to shed a little light on the men and monuments of the Irish Brigade at Gettysburg. Contains photos and maps. | $5.95 | ||
A4 |
The Greatest Brigade |
By Thomas J. Craughwell, paperback, 239 pg. By shouting their Gaelic battle cry, the men of the Irish Brigade charged across the bloodiest battles of the Civil War and into the realm of legend. This is the story of a band of heroes that covered the Yankee retreat at Bull Run, drove the Confederates from the Sunken Road at Antietam, and made charge after charge of Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg. The gallantry of the Irish Brigade won them the admiration of the high command of both North and South, earned them 7 Medals of Honor, and after the war, went a long way to help the Irish assimilate into the American mainstream. | $19.99 | ||
A5 |
Invisible Hero, Patrick R. Cleburne |
By Bruce H. Stewart, Jr. , hardback, 358 pgs. In comparison with the Army of Northern Virginia, Confederated generals who served in the West have received minimal attention, particularly the infantry commander Pat Cleburne. This book gives careful analysis of his service, and the result is a man unappreciated by his own government, yet widely regarded as the finest infantry officer in the Western Theatre. | $35.00 | ||
A6 |
The Irish Brigades 1685-2006 |
By David Murphy, hardback, 303 pgs. Since the 17th century, Irish soldiers have served in armies across the world, and have achieved a formidable reputation. This book provides summarized histories of all Irish Regiments raised since 1685 - not only those in Irish and British armies, but those in the service of Spain, Austria, Italy, France, America, Canada, Central and South America and South Africa. | $59.95 | ||
A7 |
Gettysburg 1863, High Tide of the Confederacy |
By Carl Smith, paperback, 126 pgs. The Confederate invasion of the North was General Lee's last great gamble. By taking the war to the Union, he hoped to force Lincoln into peace negotiation, or win support from European powers. | $20.95 | ||
| A10 |
Remember Fontenoy - The 69th New York and the Irish Brigade in the Civil War |
By Joseph S. Bilby, hardback, 143pg. The motto "Remember Fontenoy" is derived from the unstoppable bayonet charge, in 1775, by a French army brigade of Irish exiles against the British. | $28.00 | ||
A12 |
The Irish Brigade and Its Campaigns |
By Capt D. P. Conygham, hardback, 599 pg. A complete Civil War history of the Irish Brigade, written by someone who was there. This book is considered, by most, the best on Irish Brigade history. | $48.00 | ||
A25 |
A Meteor Shining Brightly: Essays on Maj. General Patrick R. Cleburne |
NEW! Collection of essays, hardback, 310pg. Nine writers and historians contribute essays on the life and character of Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne a division Commander in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. He was killed at the battle of Franklin. | $35.00 | ||
| A31 |
The Fighting 69th - A History |
By Richard Demeter. A history of the famous 69th New York National Guard Regiment from its service in the Irish Brigade during the Civil War through its exploits in World War II. Contains extensive notes, 20 photographs, 35 poems and songs, bibliography, and index. 382 pages, hardcover. | $30.00 | ||
| A32 |
The History of the Ninth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry |
By Daniel George Macnamara. Paperback, 425 pages, roster included. When the Civil War erupted, more than 1,000 Irish Americans cast aside their reservations and formed the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry regiment, the first of that state's ethnic regiments. | $28.00 | ||
| A36 |
The Story of the 116th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion |
By St. Clair A. Mulholland, Hardback, 420 pgs. A regimental history, with roster, written by it's famous commander. Mulholland was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at Chancellorsville. The 116th Pennsylvania was no ordinary regiment. For two hard years it fought with Thomas Francis Meagher's celebrated Irish Brigade of the Army of the Potomac. | $35.00 | ||
| A37 |
Irish Green and Union Blue |
Ed. by Lawrence Kohl, 170 pgs paperback. The Civil War letters of Sgt. Peter Welsh of the 28th Massachusetts, Irish Brigade. These letters, written to his wife, show his love and concern for her and his deep patriotic devotion to his country and the war cause. Very seldom does one come across so inspiring a volumne. It belongs in every Irish-American library. | $27.00 | ||
| A38 |
Vermont's Irish Rebel, Capt. John Lonergan |
By William L. McKone, paperback. NEW! Lonergan formed Vermont's only ethnic unit - his "Irish Company" - to fight for the Union, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry at the crucial Battle of Gettysburg. After the war, he rose to leadership in the militant nationalist Fenian Brotherhood in Vermont. | $29.95 | ||
| A39 |
Thomas Francis Meagher, The Making of an Irish American |
Ed. by John M. Hearne and Rory T. Cornish, paperback, 243 pgs. The entire life of this Irish-American patriot is covered, from his young family life in Waterford Ireland, to Young Ireland and Rising of '48, to Australia, to his days in New York, to the Civil War, and finally to the Montana Territory. | $29.95 | ||
| A50 |
Memoirs of Chaplain Life, 3 Years with the Irish Brigade in the Army of the Potomac |
Ed. by Lawrence Frederick Kohl, hardback, 400 pgs. Several Holy Cross priests from the University of Notre Dame volunteered to serve as Union Army chaplains during the American Civil War. Among them was Rev. William J. Corby, CSC, who ministered to the 5 regiments from New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia, comprised mostly of Irish Catholics, making up what was known as the Irish Brigade. | $40.00 | ||
| A51 |
The Spirit Divided, Memoirs of Civil War Chaplains, The Union |
Ed. by Benedict R. Maryniak and John Wesley Brinsfield, Jr., hardback, 255 pgs. A collection of letters, reports, and recollections in which army chaplains describe their motives and methods, their failures and achievements. | $35.00 | ||
| A52 |
The Harp and the Eagle, Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 |
By Susannah Ural Bruce, 264 pgs, paperback. This book sheds new light on the relationship between Irish-American volunteers and the Union Army, and how the Irish made sense of both the Civil War and their loyalty to the United States. | $24.00 | ||
| A54 |
The Irish General, Thomas Francis Meagher |
By Paul R. Wylie, 331 pgs, hardback. Irish patriot, Civil War general, frontier governor- Thomas Francis Meagher played key roles in 3 major historical arenas and is hailed today as a hero by some, condemned as a drunkard by others. This book now offers a definitive biography of this nineteenth-century figure who has long remained an enigma. | $29.95 |
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