The Irish Brigade and Its Campaigns

by Lawrence Kohl

Overview

Few brigades of the Civil War can boast of a record as distinguished as that of New York's 69th, yet it has never fully received the attention warranted by its record of military excellence, distinctive reputation, and the unusual perspective its members brought to the Civil War. In fact, the 69th was engaged in nearly every major action of the eastern theater; its military reputation was well deserved and its combat casualties, which are some of the highest of the war, are testimony to the soldiers' collective bravery and patriotism. In his post as war correspondent for the New York Herald, Capt. David Power Conygham was required to be an eyewitness to the many battles on which he reported - some of the experiences he would later describe when writing the history of the Irish Brigade. Conygham's account of the Irish Brigade is one of the best - filled with vivid accounts of battle, wit and humor, and an appendix of scrupulously gathered biographical data on the men who served the unit.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823215782
Publisher:	Fordham University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1994
Series:	The Irish in the Civil War , #4
Edition description:	1
Pages:	616
Sales rank:	1,048,848
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1290L (what's this?)

About the Author

Lawrence Frederick Kohl is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and series editor of the Irish in the Civil War.

Editorial Reviews

A book of interest and real value. . . . Dr. Kohl’s excellent introduction discusses the Irish in America in the decades before the war and their reasons for supporting the Union.

Civil War

Novelist, historian, newspaper editor, war correspondent, and Irish revolutionary Conyngham (1840-83) sat down right after the Civil War to write his account of the colorful brigade of the Army of the Potomac in which immigrant Irish Catholics demonstrated their loyalty and contribution to the US. First published in 1869 (and reprinted several times in modern times). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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