source : ‘irish-american units in the civil war’ men at arms 448, Osprey publishing
New York city’s large community of irish immigrants organized volunteer militia companies such as Brooklyn’s Napper Tandy light artillery, described in the ‘New York times’ of march 18, 1854, in their shakos, green jackets trimmed with yellow braid, and sky-blue pants with scarlet stripes. Continue reading “the Union irish : New York, before 1861”
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