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Andersonville Irish Project: The First 650

The Andersonville Irish Project has hit another milestone, with 650 Irish Americans now identified who perished at the prison in...
March 12, 2023
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Object Focus: A “Living” American Civil War Pension Certificate from East Cork

As regular readers of the site will know, I have spent many (maybe too many!) years studying the Widows and...
March 2, 2023
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The Last Letter of Patrick Coffey, 69th New York State Militia, Before Bull Run

Patrick Coffey was a labourer in his 30s when he went to war. In the summer of 1861, he marched...
February 22, 2023