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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
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