What did the Irish do in the American Civil War?
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- During the American Civil War (1861-1865) some 170,000 Irish-born soldiers fought for both the Union and the Confederacy. In this video I'll explore the stories of Irish-Americans who fought in the American Civil War.
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The Irish in The American Civil War has always been a topic that has interested me ever since I saw the memorial at Gettysburg; Thanks for covering it!
They were massacred by the Union army in New York, after they went on a rampage serves them right.
I completely agree with you on that because I am also interested in the Irish in the American civil war especially since I have Irish DNA.
@@chasechristophermurraydola9314 everyone is Irish. The potato heads only did 3 things when they got here drink fight and f*ck
Which Regiment? I was just there this past weekend with my reenacting Regiment of the 69th PA Irish Volunteers. Super interesting stuff about the Irish in general during the Civil War.
Currently, reading a book called "When the Irish invaded Canada." The true story of when Civil War veterans fought for Irish freedom. Invaded Canada to hold it for ransom against England. It's an exciting read. It was written by Christopher Klein.
Guy Vanderhaeghe's historical novel A Good Man, set in 1866, also touches on the Fenian incursion into Southern Ontario. A good read.
They are known as the Fenian Raids.
Great Book !
The Irishman, Meagher, had a colorful life. I am from Montana, and a statue of Meagher is on the front lawn of our State Capitol. One of our counties is named Meagher. You pronounced his name absolutely correct. Most people, even those living in Montana, missprounce his name. His death is somewhat controversial. He drowned in the Missouri River, while on a river paddle boat, under suspicious circumstances.
Speak brother! 👏
Respect from County Wexford Ireland, a film should be made about this great man ❤ 🇮🇪
It'd pronounced Marr
Maherr in limerick
@@tankc6474 no truer word as ever been spoken sir
“The Immortal Irishman; The Irish Revolutionary who became an American Hero” is a great book on Thomas Francis Meagher. Written by Timothy Egan
Yet more reasons to be proud of my Irish-American heritage
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Me too! I'm proud my Irish ancestors fought for their freedom from the tyrannical Lincoln regime for the Southland of America. Deo Vindice!
@@Ricky_Evans1611 ah yes the tyranny of not being able to own people anymore.
Irish-american? Sounds made up that's because it is. You are American with no Irish culture. You never will have Irish culture.
@@King_Cova lol learn about how American was founded everyone came from somewhere else. Yes I am an American but,an American who's family immigrated from Ireland a long time ago.
Excellent video. My Irish ancestors arrived in Charleston, South Carolina around 1760. Over the years they migrated to Georgia and eventually fought for The Confederacy.
There were quite a lot of these, since most units were created from scratch just for the war and immigrants were being recruited straight off the boat (until the 1864 Immigration Act, which exempted them from conscription in order to replenish the labor pool for wartime industry). The 82nd Illinois Infantry Regiment was an all-immigrant regiment from Chicago which included all-German, all-Jewish, and all-Swedish companies and was originally headed by an exiled German Revolutionary, Friedrich Hecker. There were a shocking number of ex-1848 revolutionaries who served as officers in the war, and it must be said that the sentiments of Meagher and the 69th New York were very much shared by the 82nd Illinois.
Also, see (James) Connolly Column for Spanish Republic in
International Brigades vs.pro
fascist Blueshirts also Irish.
I'm Irish. It's not something I've thought about too much before and thanks for bringing this to my attention. Very informative video.
It is interesting to note that a lot of New Orleans Irishmen were Unionists and would later be very involved in Reconstruction, before it was overthrown by jim crow apartheid
You mean "unconstitutional" Reconstruction? Well, since Lincoln's whole invasion of Dixie was unconstitutional, why should that be any different?
@@MGTOWPaladin You left out how the Southern states leaving the Union was unconstitutional.
@A rat *REALLY?* You could have fooled Abraham Lincoln. Especially since we celebrate SECESSION every 4th of July. You need to read the FIRST TWO PARAGRAPHS of the DECLARATION OF SECESSION!
Abraham Lincoln, Lawyer and US Congressman, 12 January 1848 on the floor of the US House of Representatives:
"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and for a new one that suits them better. *THIS IS A MOST VALUABLE, - A MOST SACRED RIGHT - a RIGHT,* which we hope and believe is to liberate the world. Nor is this right confined to cases in which the whole people of an existing government may choose to exercise it."
So, where in the Constitution is secession illegal? Article, Section and Clause needed, please! Here's a little hint: Article 1, Section 10, Clauses 1-3 lists the restrictions placed on the States but SECESSION isn't listed.
@@arat2757 Technically it wasn't unconstitutional for states to secede and no I am not a neo Confederate. I looked into the issue and it's murky at best. This, at least as some academics had argued was the reason why the Southern leadership wasn't tried for treason as it would open up this issue to scrutiny. Good or bad, the US constitution didn't have a full answer on this issue.
Iv often wondered what the hell are the Irish doing in the south? as the Irish knew the British was helping the CSA, So my thinking is they were either protestant Irish or they got on the wrong boat. Most of the Union Army died of Fever & decease.
Lots of fascinating stories or Irishmen fighting across the world, love stories of people like John MacBride who fought the English in South Africa
*British, the bulk of the British Army was made up of Scots during Boer War.
Think you'll find it was the British in South Africa
And fought for an apartheid state, there is nuance in every story.
@@Kevc00 And fought against fellow Irishmen like those in the Dublin Fusiliers.
Want complexity? Well you got it with Irish history :)
Bernardo O’Huggins was the Liberator of Chile during the 1810
to 1820 independence war.
Ernesto Che Guevara y Lynch was equally? famous Argentine-Cuban revolutionary was part Irish, part Basque (& Castilian?)
in mid 20th century.
Fascinating work, thanks. A few of these were my ancestors. I love your history and current event videos, always happy to see more.
True.Southern Unionists in Kentucky;Maryland and Missouri who kept their slaves could point at their Virginia;Tennessee. and Arkansas counterparts who were forced to emancipate their slaves and go "HAHA!!" like Nelson Muntz on "The Simpsons".
Irish and Scotts make up a good portion of American predominant groups of the country.
Scott is a surname. We are Scots.
The area of my home state is surrounded by Scottish and Irish descendants, lots of influence on towns too
🇮🇪 > 🏴
@Black Lesbian Poet Bottles of scotch, for the Scot.
"They're all white to me."
~Every Black Person Ever 😂
I knew about it prior to this US History class i’m taking, but learned a bit more in the class but we didn’t focus much on it so I looked into it more. Very cool to see someone bring it to full light!
My great, great grandfather came over from Galway to Richmond, VA i think in 1858 or 1859. He was in the 1st VA infantry, but was discharged in 1862 to repair muskets in Richmond. One he was working on exploded and he lost his arm as a result. However, if he had stayed with his regiment he would have participated in Pickett's charge.
My Great Great Grandfather James McPeak from Newbridge Co Derry volunteered for the 69th PA and the fought in a lot of battles including at Gettysburg where they stood against Picketts charge while the other Union regiments ran. The monument to the 69th PA at Gettysburg is placed further Infront of the other monuments in recognition of their decisive part in the battle. My GG Grandfather was one of only two volunteers from the 69th PA who made it back to Ireland and he is buried in Newbridge and his compatriot is buried in Ballyronan Co Derry - Doire Abu 😁
I learned of the Irish participation in the American Civil War through Dropkick Murphy's songs on RUclips around 2010. The algorithm of that time would recommend related songs and not long after listening to "The Fighting 69th" I introduced to Irish tunes from the Sothern side of the conflict. God be with those bygone algorithms.
The fact that Patrick Cleburn got rebuked by the confederacy for his statement goes to show that the South’s primary motivation was the preservation of slavery and not independence or state’s rights, at least to me.
They wanted States Rights...To Own Slaves and keep the practice of Slavery going. They wanted Independence because the USA like most of the great powers of the world was going to end slavery and base their economy on industrialization that the North had and the South didn't.
This isn't questionable at all outside of propaganda and cultism based on lost cause mythology.
I agree...what I am learning from uncensored modern historic pod casts is slavery was money.. money is power etc.
The war was over states rights, but its obvious the specific state right that they were worried about. I remember in high school hearing that there were several ranking people who were rebuked when discussing arming and possibly freeing slaves. The dact that even when it became apparent that they were going to lose unless they tapped the significant well of man power they held in bondage and they still didnt, for fear they would turn on the southern cause really speaks volumes about the cause.
The KKK, and Scots Irish despised Irish immigrants because they were Catholic. In LA, Catholicism was common (Descendents of French and Creoles).
Elsewhere in the Confederacy, prejudice against Catholics continued, so much that the Democratic Party struggled to get support for JFK.
it absolutely is about slavery. it is listed as main reason for leaving union and the CSA constitution makes it crystal clear
The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin has a wing devoted to Irishmen who fought abroad, including the American Civil War.
Hilbert, this is an excellent video about the American Civil War, it was meticulously researched and you took your time to learn the name of places where the battles took place. The history of Irish in America is the history of America.
I also appreciate his continued to work to non-English pronunciations correct, but it would be nice if you did the same for English ones. Saying "or-lē-ans" for New Orleans and "lū-ē" for St. Louis grated on my ears lol. I don't care if those might be the traditional French ways of pronouncing them, as it would be correct for him to respect the native way of saying those places' names.
Edit: and then later on, at about 12:30, his use of the British English spelling of "Honor" is blatantly disrespectful, since the award is a very honored symbol in the US, and is also just officially named the "Medal of Honor", which would invite him to properly write its name in order to present a fully nonfiction piece.
Great video, I'd love to see more about foreign volunteers in the civil war, I know there were quite a few British, Germans, and Canadians fought, as well as some Poles, Italians, Bermudans, Mexicans, Chinese, Hawaiians, Spaniards, and others, it would be interesting to hear their stories.
May God bless them all for their efforts against the Yankee invaders!
I love this. Gang of New York and the fighting 69th is a big reason I’m interesting in the Irish during the civil war.
My great great grandfather, Robert Black, who was from County Derry, was a corporal in the 33rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. His mother was Scots-Irish and his father was Scottish. He was most likely raised Protestant, but converted to Catholicism.
You do realise that in Ireland, those protestants in the north would never consider themselves Irish? They always considered themselves British.
Father was a Scot, mother was a Scot/Irish therefore they were Brits and not Irish. Sorry to come along and ruin your delusions, but you don't know anything about Irish history.
@@King_Cova The New England Swamp Yankees hated them both. Though there was slightly less hatred for the Scots-Irish than the Catholic Irish.
@@robertprice5039
There is no such thing as scots-irish. What you mean is ulster scots and even they are laughable to call themselves scots.
@@King_Cova , A silly comment. Look at the 1798 Rebellion. The leaders and fighters against the British were one hundred per cent Protestant. You never Heard of Antrim, Saintfield, Killkeel? Never heard of Reverend Warwick, Munroe, Henry Joy McCracken or Tom Russell? You, obviously, have not been taught much. Time to do some reading. Recommend "The Summer Soldiers" by Professor A.T.Q. Stewart. You can get it at a library, if libraries still exist where you live.
My two ancestors both were from Ireland and served in the union, one who was born in Ireland served in the seventh New York infantry and the other who’s parents where born in Ireland served as the artillery lieutenant of the 3rd California infantry
@@cyberwar4111 that’s only the ones from Ireland that fought in the civil war
The British manufactured the potato famine, what a shame to gloss over that fact so lightly
They made some of the best civil war songs ever, that's what they did!
Hopefully you talk about the San Patricios (St. Patrick’s Battalion) which was a very crucial unit in the Mexican Army during the Mexican-American War.
See websites & videos about St. Patrick’s Battalion, including a Battalion song.
See also book & film, Shamrock &
the Sword.
My great-grandfather, Patrick Donnelly, was in the U.S. regular army throughout the war. His unit was Battery L, 1st U.S. Artillery. I have copies of the muster roll from the entire period and about 1/2 of the enlisted men were from Ireland. Ironically, in 1866, his unit was sent to Buffalo, N.Y. to cut off reinforcements and supplies that were being sent to the Irish Civil War veterans engaged in the Fenian Invasion of Canada. A little known incident in U.S. history.
The most interesting part is that two Irish Brigades fought each other at Fredericksburg, Virginia in December 1862. They cursed and prayed for the other side. It was so, sad and pitiful.
That's interesting, cursing and praying, I'd well believe it.
@@finolaomurchu8217 Me too am Scots, Irish, Welsh and Native American. I've seen it myself under stress
@@kirkmorrison6131 Where did I ask
Hello I’m afraid the Irish vs Irish brigade at Fredericksburg is a total myth. What’s really interesting is the history of the myth, which began with a veteran of the Union Irish Brigade (a very real, very badass unit that was decimated at Mayre’s heights), than appeared in a semi popular poem at the turn of the 20th century, and perhaps most famously, was depicted in the film ‘Gods and Generals’
But the fact is we know who repulsed the Irish brigade. It was, as the film claims, ‘Cobbs’ brigade, but they were made of North Carolinians, were not made up strictly of (or as far as I know particularly) Irish soldiers, and they showed no hesitation or mercy, both recognizing them as the Irish brigade and firing upon them relentlessly
I was absolutely tickled by you correcting your pronunciation of Appomattox.
The Irish Volunteers song goes hard
ahh yes, you might have played war of rights
Except for the "so here's to brave McClellan..." part. McClellan was useless....always having his soldiers training and afraid to engage in battle...Meade took over
Hello Hilbert. As I have commented before, I had an interest from childhood, having wargames figures, in this case Airfix ACW figures. I later read accounts from military history books and found the distinctive uniforms interesting for particular regiments.
I later watched the TV series on BBC when they showed it alongside How Wars Begin with AJP Taylor. I taped both to watch again and again. A friend from work claimed AJP dragged him into a game of chess when he was wain for someone he visited at university.
In the 1990s I toured US by Greyhound and was able to spend half a day in the library in Richmond reading up on ACW topics.
My girlfriend is half Irish, but her Irish ancestors tried to make their living out in the British Empire, which was their empire too at the time. They came "home" to England rather than Ireland, being from that WW1 generation that you mentioned. Ireland had in places become polarised much more after that war than the ACW as previous videos from you have explained and she would not know much of the history of this side of her family as a result.
Maybe you could do a video on how, after the Crimean War, the US took the fashion of French uniform, even copying Zouave uniform, that some wargamers used Airfix French Foreign Legion figures to represent.
There's an amazing book about the Irish Brigade called "The Immortal Irishman"
I actually found out about the Irish in the Civil War because of the 69’th brigade’s song ‘The Irish Volunteer’ written in 1864.
Co.E 33rd Virginia comprised Irishmen, they flew a green banner and were called the Emerald Guard.
When they met Kelly's Irish Brigade, my boys....
Thanks for another great and very informative video, I knew only some of the information and benefited greatly from it. I knew about the Irish brigade because of the flag preserved in the State House in Boston. From being 2nd class citizens to being politically important was a trajectory followed by my Irish forebears in Massachusetts, firstly and even today being very prominent in the police, fire and EMS here in Massachusetts, and eventually replacing the Anglo Americans at the top of the political sphere. Not being particularly saintly, the Irish had their own rather infamous mafia. It should be noted that the Irish and Scots Irish didn't get along with each other particularly well, though better here than in Northern Ireland. The Fenians actually launched raids against Canada, and the Canadian government allowed Confederate support, and did not punish the raiders from Canadian soil against St. Albans, VT, Oct. 19, 1864.
The present amity between the US, Canada, UK and Ireland was hard to come by, and some Irish Americans continued to support IRA activities until Sen. Edward Kennedy took a principled stand against it. Of course, as the Irish have blended in to the larger society, my ancestry includes Anglo American people who fought to expel the redcoats in the 1770's as well as German and Eastern European immigrants.
You are right that even in America, many Irish descendents have only some knowledge of Irish participation in the Civil War, though they may eat Irish soda bread, drink beer or whisky and celebrate St. Patrick's Day, they are only dimly aware of being Irish, for the most part. The assimilation is almost complete now, whereas in my parents' generation wearing orange was still an offense and some neighborhoods were known to break stoplights unless the Green was above the red and orange.
Umm Whiskey = Irish. Whisky = Scotch. Yup, it's a slow news day...
Many Irish men also participated in the Texas Revolution. I was at the Alamo years ago and remember seeing signs and rows of state and national flags representing the groups of people who have fought and died in the Revolution. “Will you come to the bower”, an Irish song, was played at the final battle of the Revolution, the Battle of San Jacinto.
Absolutely,Davy Crockett was of Irish descent as well
@@High_rise12 He was of Ulster decent if I'm not mistaken.
@@Legionnaire7777 yes that’s my point
@@High_rise12 He's not of irish descent, he's of French Huguenot and Ulster-Scots descent.
@@fyrdman2185 you just contradicted yourself
There was a vast European influence in the Civil War, predominantly Irish. But also many English, I have ancestors who moved to New York from Hull England, they set up an engravers shop, The son Alfred Bellard enlisted in the Union Army, fought during the war and was wounded. Many years later his diary was found in a loft, his diary was converted to a book, Gone For A Soldier by Alfred Bellard.
My ancestors are from ireland. They came over about 50 yrs before the famine though. They were living i. Southern georgia by 1800
0:20 nice
Been interested in my country men's involvement in the civil war since I heard the fighting 69. Always find it funny how for a country that's remained neutral we always seem to have an involvement in so many wars lol
111 people with my Clan name were in the War. About 70-30% North vs. South.
We freed every country except our own
Very educational. Thank you.
I had ancestors who came from Eire, due to the Potato famine. They originally went into the Appalachian Mountain regions. When the Civil War began, two of my ancestors joined the Union. One survived, and was a Policeman in Cincinnati, Ohio. We have a photo of him, in uniform, and his nightstick (which my Brother, a Lawyer, has displayed in his Law office). One of our acceptors, also Irish fought with another man over property, in Ohio, and an axe was in the fight -the other man was killed, and this ancestor fled to the South,....and is buried in Georgia, apparently after the War. We can't always know, by research.
I would like to see a video on some of the Native American involvement in the civil war
The confederat general said to his men when the signed the surrender was, we did not lose because of our will to fight, but the fact they had more Irish is the reason we lost
The Irish get about. My lot even got to Australia
And your surname us Celtic/Viking, remember?
@@diarmuidbuckley6638 Our lot are more Gaelic than Viking mate. Amhlaoibh our surname is also translated as Humphrey
It's sad to think, so many of them ex neighbours survived hostile welcomes into America only to fight eachother in the worst war ever to occur in America
Respect for the Irishman who fought and die during the Civil War. 🇮🇪🇺🇲
As an irish american i always knew about it somewhat growing up, but i didn’t really understand the scope of it until i was older. They don’t really focus on the ethnic component as much in school unless you watch gangs of NY, and I am from the north east where we have a large irish diaspora so i can’t imagine they go more in depth in other regions of the USA. It is something that should be spoken about more though, as IMO irish americans have kinda neglected their history here or have even gone as far as to erase their connection to it in an effort to assimilate more. For example, my Grandmother grew up around irish speakers but they refused to teach her as they wanted her to be fully assimilated. This was quite common back then for irish communities whereas the italians and germans made more of an effort to retain their languages initially. I do think it would be nice for those in Ireland to have a more in depth understanding of the history of the Irish diaspora in NA, tbh just the diaspora in general I feel it is a large resource for the nation that they seldom take full advantage of. That being said, to me it is intrinsically Irish American history, and not Irish history, yes they are linked and related, but at this point our two cultures have diverged quite significantly in many ways. We have been here for almost 200 years and have had to make our own way as a community, while we are ethnically irish we are still americans and new yorkers Massachusettsans Illinoisan etc. Being Irish American in NY is a little different than being Irish American in MA for example and the history around that is more obscure to someone who’s daily life isn’t shaped by it. So i don’t think it is like a pressing thing, i don’t think it should be a main priority at least not at the moment and not without a massive reevaluation of the relationship between Ireland and the Irish American diaspora.
Im Mexican American and it is an interesting contrast because many of us Hispanics identify as being Americans but also acknowledge our ancestral cultures. Whenever Iv had white friends or acquaintances and we talked about cultures, it was pretty common for them to sorta know where they came from but didn't identify as being Irish, German, Italian etc and it wasn't important to them personally.
Like you said it's not a super pressing thing but I do think it would be good if for example states that had a big Irish American community would talk more about that historical aspect in school and with public events. Even here in the southwest we barely talk about Mexican American history in school and I think the history of different immigrant and ethnic groups should be more discussed.
Irish American? Where you born in Ireland? Most likely not so you are not Irish. Where you born in America that sounds about right. You are American stop trying to take other people culture.
@@King_Cova Irish is also an ethnicity dude lol not just a nationality. Did you not watch the video? There are ethnic Irish all over the world. If you knew anything about Irish culture you’d also realize that Ireland as a nation recognizes this and its diaspora(to an extent)and regularly it is used as a common link in diplomacy between Irish American politicians and Irish politicians. Also, what even is “being american” to you? Americans come in all colors, creeds, sizes, etc. We don’t even have a homogenous “American” culture either, so genuinely what the fuck are you saying to me when you say i’m “American” not “Irish American”. If you think every American is the same you need to go outside and touch grass. You clearly haven’t spent much time around individuals from former settler colony countries, as being Irish-American or Irish-Canadian or Irish-Australian is an incredibly common thing to hear. If i spit in a tube and submit it to 23 and me it isn’t going to say i am from America. Ethnicity and Nationality are not the same thing, they often are in Europe where nation states were built on the basis of a greater ethnic state, but even that isn’t intrinsic across Europe, and it CERTAINLY is not in the new world. My experience as an Irish-American from the north eastern USA is entirely different than growing up as a Mexican-American in the south west, or as a Japanese-American on the west coast. We celebrate different holidays, eat different food, etc. We do share many things as we are all ALSO American, but MANY MANY aspects of our lives are different due to our ethnic differences. America isn’t just the simpsons and hamburgers. Genuinely bewildered to find someone this ignorant on these subjects in this specific comment section.
@@Fatblue246
To be Irish you need to be born in Ireland. Ireland is not a culture it's a country. And nor is it an ethnicity. It's a nationality. You can argue all you want. But that's the truth boy.
@@King_Cova That is quantifiably false lmao. What planet do you live on?
excellent presentation indeed
It would be interesting to see an in depth video on the role of Germans in the American civil war they made up the largest ethnic group of soldiers but are seldom given the credit
See some websites on this topic.
Next video: What did the minions do in World War 2?
Btw, the final “s” in St. Louis is pronounced, not silent
And loads fought Americans fighting for Mexico 🇲🇽
Viva la San Patricios, Viva la Mexico
We’ve honestly fought everywhere, even in Chile. Love a good fight 💪😂
@@SilentEire They were massacred by the Union army in New York, after they went on a rampage serves them right.
@@nivlacsenoj6264 lol wut?
@@patrickhayes606 They went on a rampage lynching burning and looting because they didn’t want to fight.
Five brothers of one immigrant family...my mother's side of the family...fought in the Irish Brigades...and afterwards wound up in the "embarrassing" invasion of Canada by many of their fellows... YP
Bit of a contradiction by saying JFK gifted the flag of the fighting 69th to the Irish state, which now hangs in the Dáil the Irish Parliament to then saying that the Irish involvement in the American civil war is not recognised in Ireland if there is one thing the Irish know is, is their History, you can't connect the variable around the Irish involvement in
WWI and the American Civil war
Please do one about Germans in the civil war. I have a relative who fought in the second German rifles
One criticism: The Emancipation Proclamation did not free all the slaves in American. It only freed (captured) slaves in states of rebellion. Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware were slave states who stayed in the union ( though many citizens there fought for the south). It was politically vital to keep them in the Union to win the war, especially since a Maryland secession would have left the Capital Washington DC surrounded by the Confederacy!
The Emancipation proclamation was an attempt to rebrand the war as an anti slavery crusade, not just a effort to preserve the Union, but it was a carefully crafted political document taken as a “war measure” that anticipated Democrat (Copperhead) criticism. Earlier in the War Lincoln openly violated the Constitution putting border states under marshall law and meddled in elections because of those states succeeded the war may have been over before the union could even mobilize its Army.
My great great Grandfather was a Colonel in the CSA.
Thanks for this from a descendant of one of the Union soldiers, who was a son of Irish immigrants!
See ya in hell Johnny reb
Listen what can I say we Irish do love fighting and we got around.
An often overlooked contribution of the Irish was their involvement in industry. The DuPont company made the lion's share of the gunpowder used by the union forces. DuPont's work force was heavily Irish, because the work was so dangerous.
Coincidently, the last Union General killed in the civil war, Thomas Smythe, is buried in Wilmington, Delaware, not too far from where the powder was manufactured.
Apparently, the whole conflict between the Irish Brigade and the 24th Georgia at Fredericksburg never actually happened. While the 24th Georgia is a notable regiment, they were never at Fredericksburg and neither were any other confederate Irish brigades. Even their flag with the Irish Harp didn’t exist and the only piece of their flag shows that it neared more of a resemblance to the confederate battle flag.
Writing of Meagher's Irish Brigade, Colonel C.C. Sanders says 'I was in command of the Twenty-fourth Georgia regiment...receiving the five heroic and gallant charges of the Irish Brigade.." this is a long statement, in two parts. The 24th Georgia did fight at Fredericksburg.
C.C. Sanders: "The writer was an eye witness to the charge of the Irish Brigade at Fredericksburg." "At least three fourths of my command was composed of men of Irish descent.."
Wow that was interesting good work
Absolutely the Irish need to be aware of this. Some last details are a bit off as well but we'll done video.
I do class myself as Irish but
British/Irish I am a Northern Irish Presbyterian and Unionist All people of Ireland North and South should know about the Irish in the American Civil War and should know more of their own Regiments of the British Army who gave the ultimate sacrifice in WW1 as they have been wiped from Irish History not in the North but in the south an absolute disgrace, when they came home they were called traitors even so most of them were Redmonds Irish Volunteers
This was a very interesting and informative video, thank you. I do have one quibble. You stated, I believe, that the Emancipation Proclamation, freed "all the slaves in North America". Actually, the Proclamation was a carefully worded political document. It freed only slaves in areas that were in active rebellion against the Untied States. Slaves in the four US slave states (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware) were unaffected and remained in bondage. Similarly, slaves in parts of the Confederacy occupied by Federal troops were also unaffected and remained in bondage. Actually, the Proclamation feed slaves only in places where Lincoln had no power to free anyone.
What it do was to accomplish Lincoln's real purpose in drafting it. It turned world public opinion, which to that point had rather favored the Confederacy, very much against the Confederates. In that sense, it was a truly brilliant document. It caused the wolrd to see the war as a crusade against the evil of slavery, while being careful not to offend the slave holding population that had remained loyal, or, at least, were not in active rebellion.
These men that fought the Civil War would later fight in the fenian raids on Canada
Do a video on the Germans in the ACW.
Thats probably the next in this series. Then Black, Native, and Hispanic
Appomattox (a puh ma tuhks) or Appo Matic
Oh you know, they fought, they died. They lived, they loved... I imagine they drank a lot of whiskey.
Irish Biddy reminded me of The Morrigan rather than a Valykrie,
My great grandfather and great uncle both Irish born were in that conflict and my great uncle would have a political carrier
When faced with the prospect of servitude in Ireland, many individuals made the deliberate and oftentimes difficult decision to enlist in the Union Army. Despite the inherent dangers and challenges of military service, the potential for freedom and autonomy proved to be a compelling incentive for those seeking to escape the constraints of their servitude in Ireland. Through their bravery and sacrifice, these soldiers not only secured their own freedom but also contributed to the greater cause of emancipation and equality for all. All US politicians look to the middle-class vote from the Irish diaspora every now 170 yrs later
Hello, I'm actually continuing a college project from my Fall 2023 semester for Spring. The project was over Union Soldiers who were Prisoners of War to the Confederacy. The soldier that I researched was a Irish-American Union artillery officer who was captured at Drewry's Bluff in 1864. He escaped in December of '64.
I was wondering if you had any other sources, Primary or Secondary, about Irish American involvement in the Civil War that I could potentially look over and use for my project?
Great video btw
My third great-grandfather was the first of my paternal line to come to America from Ireland, and he fought in several battles throughout the Civil War all the way to Gettysburg on the side of the Union. Rest in peace, Patrick. ☘️
My greatgrandfather X a few...fought for the south; as did many scotch-Irish from North Carolina .
Yeah but they're not really irish
To this day, the population of Ireland is STILL SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER than it was before the Great Hunger.
And still the Irish have no federal holiday in America...
The Irish were far from being some sort of "magic bullet" in the US Army's ranks. They seem to have performed similarly to other Union troops, if their medal roll is anything to go by.
Fun fact: A lot of Union troops were also German thought in contrast to the war of independence these really sucked because while they were really big for the idea of a liberal democracy, lots of them were German intellectuals which had to flee after the failed revolution of 1848.
Best way to see this: They got only one song and that one sounds just like one big meme.
Irish American & Proud
No such thing, you’re American and only American.
@@eoincaomhanach1983 hes Irish American.. just like John F Kennedy
1 footnote at the surrender the Confederate Irish said to the Union Irish the only reason you won is because you had more Irish than we did
Well, yes I was aware of the irish involvement in this war because I read a lot about the Irish immigration to USA and it's often said that it helped Irish being more accepted in the US society after.
I always liked Wheat’s Tigers the best. A bunch of Irish from. French speaking city, dressed like Moroccans.
Then there was the uprisings in Australia like the eureka stockade and the rum rebellion that mainly Irish.
Hilbert, de Emancipation Proclamation bevrijdde niet alle slaven in Noord-Amerika!
Ik dacht dit eerst ook, gezien het belang vele mensen er aan hechten. Tot ik het effectief ging lezen: Lincoln bevrijdde alle slaven in de staten en counties bezet door de Confederation, en geen enkele in de Union
How about a video on Irish volunteers on both sides in Spanish Civil War-(James)
Connolly Column vs. Blueshirts.?
The Irish and other Catholic Europeans put a mark in Mexico such as the Mexican American War. Batallón de San Patricio.
I was aware, we did this in school under modern history (1850 - 1950) - it was modern history at that time 🙂
There was a lot of fearmongering in upper Canada about Irish Americans during the American civil war, since it was feared that Irish American troops would try to invade Canada in an attempt to liberate Ireland from the British. There were a few skirmishes between the Fenian brotherhood & Canada's colonial militia, and fears of the Fenian Brotherhood drove Canada's decision to unite as a semi self governing confederation in 1867.
Canada was notoriously anti American, anti Irish, reactionary pro British loyalist in from the late 1700s to the mid 1900s, very similar to the Ulster Loyalist culture in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. The anti Catholic WASP supremacist organization Orange Order was very prominent in colonial Canadian politics & you couldn't get elected to the colonial legislature without their support.
It is because of this history of bigoted reactionary Anglo Loyalist anti Americanism that Canada is so anti American to this day.
American Fenians made a number of attempts, post Civil War to invade Canada... (including a handful from my mother's maternal side of the family...) Irish-American Civil War vets were certainly competent...but their commanders were mostly politicos who were very much not... Re-enactors from both sides of the border still stage events to this day...
@@yankeepapa304 It's a shame that the Irish Americans didn't liberate Canada from the British because Canada would be a lot better off being annexed by Americans than remaining a reactionary Northern Ireland style British colony.
Canadian narratives of history are still heavily bound up in colonial British nostalgia which I find extremely irritating.
Catholic Québec welcomed a lot these Irish and many marriages between Irish and Québécois folks happened, including my own ancestors.
"Anti-Catholic WASP..." This differs from the USA in what way? Hint: Canada's first Catholic Prime Minister was elected in 1896, but the anti-catholic USA needed to wait until 1961.
@@HweolRidda that's because of the presence of Catholics in Quebec. The Catholic PMs in Canada have all been Québecois.
The Orange Order was an anti Catholic WASP supremacist organization that was particularly influential in provinces like Ontario & Nova Scotia, especially in cities like Toronto. Toronto was once referred to as the "Belfast of North America" or the "Methodist Rome" because of the influence of Northern Irish style Protestant loyalism there.
Not coincidentally there was a lot of sectarian tensions between the Protestant English & Catholic French in early Canada.
I Learned most of this through Irish folk songs
Many Irish were already in the Army and had fought in the Mexican War prior to choosing to side with the CSA.
I found out of Irish participation in the war after hearing a song about it on a civil war playlist.
The song: ruclips.net/video/nkpk0-0cfVU/видео.html
It doesn’t surprise me that modern Irish people know very little about the diaspora’s history. Modern Ireland often seems to despise its diaspora especially in America(unless there’s a big push for tourism of course lol).
I married a guy whose family is descended from Ireland. Because my family is Southern and has been since the early 1700s, they would joke with me about how their ancestors had fought on the "Winning Side" while mine had been losers. This went on for decades. Then I did their genealogy for fun and discovered that they don't have any ancestors who came from Ireland earlier than the 1920s.
Oh, that's sweet.
"As between the loss of independence and the loss of slavery, we assume that every patriot will freely give up the latter"
Clearly, Cleburn assumed wrong in regard to the Southern elites. The majority of of the planter class in the deep "cotton" South was willing to sacrifice almost everything, just to keep their slaves and the economic privileges that came along with it (in the "upper" South like Virginia too, but to a lesser extent).
“Upper South”/Upland South generally refers to the Appalachians, where the Planters didn’t have near the amount of power that they did in the coastal plains due to the environment being unsuitable for plantations.
I've been aware of this for over a decade, but only in a broad sense, after reading Shelby Foote's Civil War narrative. Certainly not to this detail.
As soon as I saw that title, I had to watch to see what those troublemakers were up to...
I'm from the US, and tbh I didn't know at all the Irish were in the Civil War but honestly it makes sense, since a lot of people from Ireland left during the Irish famine to other countries especially the US, I can see how a lot of the soldiers in the Civil War were Irish.
Basically second generation, ie not actually Irish.