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Thomas Meagher: The Man Who Created the Irish Brigade
Posted May 10, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
An Irish revolutionary comes to America.
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Tags : democratic party, irish brigade, slavery, the immigrants' civil war, thomas francis meagher

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

The Confederate Army in New Mexico Strikes at Valverde
Posted February 24, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
The Immigrants' Civil War visits the Southwest.
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Tags : edward canby, kit carson, new mexico, nuevomexicanos, rio grande, the immigrants' civil war, valverde

Nuevomexicanos Rally As Confederates Move Towards Santa Fe—But For Which Side?
Posted February 17, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
The second installment in a three-part series of The Immigrants' War in the Southwest.
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Tags : henry sibley, kit carson, new mexico, new mexico volunteers, nuevomexicans, rafael chacon, rio grande, santa fe, the immigrants' civil war

The Democratic Party and the Racial Consciousness of Irish Immigrants Before the Civil War
Posted February 3, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq.   Permalink   Comments
The Immigrants' Civil War.
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Tags : democrats, frederick douglass, irish, lincoln-douglas, racism, slavery, stephen douglas, 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

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