The Irish at Gettysburg

by Phillip Thomas Tucker, PhD

2021-01-07 23:14:46

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Irish citizens on both sides of the Mason-Dixon answered the call to arms. That was no more evident than at the Battle of Gettysburg. Louisiana Irish Rebels charged with the cry "We are the Louisiana Tigers!" Irish ... Read more
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Irish citizens on both sides of the Mason-Dixon answered the call to arms. That was no more evident than at the Battle of Gettysburg. Louisiana Irish Rebels charged with the cry "We are the Louisiana Tigers!" Irish soldiers of the Alabama Brigade and the Texas Brigade launched assaults on the line''s southern end at Little Round Top. During Pickett''s Charge, Gaelic brothers fought each other as determined Irishmen of the Sixty-Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry repelled Irish of the Virginia Brigade in one of the most decisive moments in American history. Author Phillip Thomas Tucker reveals the compelling story.

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File size9 X 6 X 0.31 in
Print pages240
PublisherArcadia Publishing
Publication date March 26, 2018
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781467138529
Phillip Thomas Tucker, PhD, is the author of the acclaimed Skyhorse books George Washington’s Surprise Attack, How the Irish Won the American Revolution, Pickett’s Charge, and Death at the Little ...

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