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Attention, Civil War image collectors! Damian and I (Brendan) are seeking image contributions for a planned future photographic history of Irish participation in the American Civil War. We are especially interested in period images (or postwar copies of period images) showing...
Later this week I (Damian) will be in Clonakilty, Co. Cork to talk to Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage about some local men, their families and their correspondence that have emerged through my letters project, Andersonville Irish Project and the Widows in...
Last night I (Damian) gave an update on the latest findings of our Andersonville Irish Project to the Ancient Order of Hibernians as part of their Irish American Heritage Month Programme. In it we discussed new information on the men,...
Work on our Andersonville Irish Project is continuing apace, and we have now gathered important data points on many of the more than 1,000 Irish Americans we have thus far identified. One of those elements is their place of capture....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...