To my Irish Friends. This is what some of our ancestors left - TopicsExpress



          

To my Irish Friends. This is what some of our ancestors left Ireland for. To kill each other in the US Civil War. The Southern soldiers owned no slaves, in fact very few owned slaves. At the beginning Lincoln did not want the war to be about slavery. At the Battle of Fredricksburg Lee held the high ground outside Fredricksburg. Behind the stonewall and in the center was the Georgia Irish Brigade. The 1st day of battle Union General Ambrose sent the New York Irish Brigade. It was a 1 1/2 mile march up a hill across a small canal. In less than 2 hours 6,000 Union troops were killed.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:59:24 +0000

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