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The American Civil War

IA Newsletter April 9, 2022

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"The Return of the 69th" There are few paintings that capture the Irish of the Civil War era better than Louis Lang's "The Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment." The painting, 11 feet wide by 7 feet tall, is prominently displayed at the New York Historical Society Building and  shows crowds massed along New York Harbor to welcome home the regiment returned from the First … [Read more...] about The American Civil War

Thomas Meagher: The Immortal Irishman

By Timothy Egan

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In the following excerpt from Timothy Egan’s new book on Thomas Meagher, the legendary Irishman arrives in New York City having escaped from the Tasmanian prison colony where he had been banished for his part in the failed 1848 rebellion. He had seen half the world from a ship’s deck, and yet nothing prepared him for how many of the earth’s uprooted strivers had stuffed … [Read more...] about Thomas Meagher: The Immortal Irishman