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Cinco de Mayo Holiday Dates Back to the American Civil War
Posted May 7, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
The Battle of Puebla and the American Civil War.
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Tags : cinco de mayo, civil war, david hayes-bautista, huffington post

Union General Ben Butler Leverages Immigrant Politics in New Orleans
Posted May 3, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
The Immigrants' Civil War.
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Tags : benjamin butler, civil war, mutiny at fort jackson, new orleans, the immigrants' civil war

Irish Green and Black America: Race on the Edge of Civil War
Posted January 27, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
The Immigrants' Civil War.
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Tags : african american, civil war, dan o'connell, irish, noel ignatiev, slavery, the immigrants' civil war, william lloyd garrison

Lincoln, the Know Nothings, and Immigrant America
Posted January 19, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
Was Abraham Lincoln a Know Nothing?
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Tags : abraham lincoln, african american, civil war, german, know nothings, republicans, slavery, the immigrants' civil war, whig

The Lasting Impact of the Know Nothings on Immigrant America
Posted January 13, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
Discrimination distances Irish and German newcomers in The Immigrants' Civil War.
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Tags : african american, civil war, education, fishtown, german, irish, john hughes, know nothings, the immigrants' civil war

Immigration Bookshelf:  A World on Fire
Posted December 23, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
Pat Young reviews Amanda Foreman's latest book.
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Tags : a world on fire, amanda foreman, britain, civil war, immigration bookshelf, irish, slavery, the immigrants' civil war

The Know Nothings: From Triumph to Collapse
Posted December 16, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
The Civil War-era anti-immigrant movement falls apart.
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Tags : abraham lincoln, american party, catholicism, civil war, know nothings, millard fillmore, republican party, slavery, the immigrants' civil war

The Know Nothings Launch a Civil War Against Immigrant America
Posted December 9, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
The Immigrants' Civil War.
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Tags : civil war, know nothings, the immigrants' civil war, william seward

The Evolution of the Know Nothings
Posted December 1, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
The Immigrants' Civil War continues.
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Tags : anti-catholic, catholics, civil war, german, irish, know nothings, lyman beecher, protestants, the immigrants' civil war

Jews Fight the Ban on Rabbis as Army Chaplains
Posted October 21, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
The Immigrants' Civil War.
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Tags : chaplains, civil war, col. max friedman, jewish, jews, michael allen

After Bull Run: Mutineers, Scapegoats, and the Dead
Posted September 30, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
The Immigrants' Civil War.
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Tags : 69th, bull run, civil war, fire zouaves, irish, lincoln, new york firemen, new york times, the immigrants' civil war

Why Did an Upstate New York Town Join the Confederacy?
Posted September 13, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
Notes from The Immigrants' Civil War.
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Tags : civil war, confederacy, confederate, germans, lincoln, new york, the immigrants' civil war, town line

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