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100 1 $aCraughwell, Thomas J.,$d1956-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe greatest brigade :$bhow the Irish Brigade cleared the way to victory in the American Civil War /$cThomas J. Craughwell.
264 1 $aNew York, New York :$bCrestline,$c2013.
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500 $aReprint. Originally published: Beverly, MA : Fair Winds Press, 2011.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 226-229) and index.
505 0 $aRemembering Ireland and fighting for the Union : the origins of the Irish Brigade -- Sons of Erin : the commanders of the Irish Brigade -- Like a rock in a whirlpool : the Irish Brigade at Bull Run -- On to Richmond : the Irish Brigade during the Peninsula Campaign -- The bloodiest day : the Irish Brigade at Antietam -- "Our fighters are dead" : The Irish Brigade at Fredericksburg -- "What will the country say?" : the Irish Brigade at Chancellorsville -- The turning point : the Irish Brigade at Gettysburg -- The wall of fire : the Irish Brigade at the Battle of the Wilderness -- "Hold on with a bulldog grip" : the Irish Brigade at the Siege of Petersburg -- "Here is what is left of us" : the Irish Brigade at Appomattox -- The legacy of the Irish Brigade.
520 $aThis 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 up 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 seven Medals of Honor, and after the war, went a long way to helping the Irish assimilate into the American mainstream. Shouting their Gaelic battle cry, the men of the Irish Brigade charged across the bloodiest battlefields of the Civil War and into the realm of legend. The Greatest Brigade is a grand narrative history of these Irishmen who fought in every major battle in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War, including Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Appomattox. Thomas J. Craughwell, author Stealing Lincoln's Body and The Buck Stops Here: The 28 Toughest Presidential Decisions and How They Changed History, reveals the reasons why thousands of Irish Catholics--the most despised immigrant group in America at the time--rallied to the Union cause and proved themselves to be among the most ferocious fighters of the war. He examines the character of the Irish Brigade's two most popular commanders, Michael Corcoran, a man of unshakable principles, and Thomas Francis Meagher, a complex man with many fine qualities--and almost as many flaws.
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775 08 $iReproduction of (manifestation):$aCraughwell, Thomas J., 1956-$tGreatest brigade.$dBeverly, MA : Fair Winds Press, 2011$z9781592334780$w(DLC) 2011017053$w(OCoLC)662403599
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