Erin Go Bragh: Human Interest Stories of the Irish in the American Civil War (Scott L. Mingus, Sr., Gerard E. Mayers - CH) Section - Human Interest General Grant and the Rewriting

General Grant and the Rewriting of History: How the Destruction of General William S

easy-to-read overviews of some of the Civil War’s most important stories

there was little Lee could do to stem Sherman’s tide—so he turned to Johnston

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Erin Go Bragh: Human Interest Stories of the Irish in the American Civil War (Scott L. Mingus, Sr., Gerard E. Mayers - CH) Section - Human Interest General Grant and the Rewritingby: Scott L. Mingus Sr. & Gerard E. Mayers Erin Go Bragh. Anglicized from the Gaelic phrase for Ireland Forever. In the mid 19th century, the slogan was particularly popular among many Irish immigrants who had moved to the United States for political or personal reasons, yet maintained their strong familial, social, and often nationalistic ties to the old Emerald Isle. Tens of thousands of Irish born men (and a handful of women) and an even larger