In September of 1861, Thomas Meagher began recruiting Irishmen to form a new Irish brigade. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day (known in Gaelic as Lá Fhéile Pádraig, i.e. “the Day of the ...

At Fredericksburg, Pickett's men cut down the courageous "Irish brigade." But his luck changed ... nearly all the rest would be killed by the war's end. George Edward Pickett was raised in ...

He told the Volunteers: ‘Remember this country is in a state of war, and your duty is two ... Redmond has urged the establishment of an ‘Irish Brigade’ within the British Army - one that ...