All posts by: Damian Shiels

As some readers may be aware from our Facebook site, I (Damian) have a new book being released this April with Louisiana State University Press, titled Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865. I spent the Christmas...
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For any of our readers who may be interesting I (Damian) an offering a short online course- three talks over three weeks in December- on researching the Irish in the American Civil War. We’ll be discussing everything from where the...
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We have a new StoryMap exploring some of the stories of the Irish at Antietam in photos and videos. So often dominated just by the Irish Brigade experience at the Sunken Road (“Bloody Lane”), Irish Americans were impacted by the...
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While on my recent research trip to the National Archives to continue the work of the Andersonville Irish Project, I took the opportunity for a return visit to Antietam with a view to a potential future research project focusing on...
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Things have been a bit quiet on the site over the last few weeks as I (Damian) prepare for an exciting upcoming research trip to the United States. The primary purpose of the visit is to undertake research for the...
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For our latest Campfire Chat we were joined by Danny Leavy, an Offaly man who has made his home in New York. Danny has been working on building a database of Offaly people who served during the American Civil War....
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I am delighted to announce that the Andersonville Irish Project has secured some important new research funding thanks to the Consulate General of Ireland in Atlanta and the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs. The support that the project has received...
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Although this site is dedicated to the Irish and Irish emigration in the period of the American Civil War, I wanted to take a moment to share some new research I thought may be of interest to readers in light...
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If you haven’t read John Hennessy’s superb Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle for Second Manassas, you definitely should (and while you’re at it, it’s worth picking up his volume on First Bull Run, An End to Innocence,...
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We are pleased to release the second infographic to mark the Andersonville Irish Project passing 1000 identified men. You can view the first infographic, which explores the demographics of these Irishmen, by clicking here. The new infographic explores some aspects...
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