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Another "Lost Cause": The Irish in the South Remember the Confederacy

Another "Lost Cause": The Irish in the South Remember the Confederacy essay .................... Another "Lost Cause" The Irish in the South Remember the Confederacy by David T. Gleeson In 1877 a group of prominent Irish Americans met in Charleston to commemorate the Irish Volunteers in the Confederate States of America. The original volunteers, Company C of the Charleston Battalion, later Company H of the 27 th South Carolina Infantry, had participated in all the major battles around Charleston between 1861 and 1864 before being sent to the trenches of Petersburg, Virginia, in the summer of 1864. Confederate and Union dead side-by-side, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864­April 1865, courtesy of the Collections of the Library of Congress. n 1877 a group of prominent Irish Americans met in Charleston to commemorate the Irish Volunteers in the Confederate States of America. Two companies of that name had served during the American Civil War in South Carolina, Virginia, and North Carolina. The original volunteers, Company C of the Charleston Battalion, later Company H of the 27th South Carolina Infantry, had participated in all the major battles around Charleston between 1861 and 1864, including Secessionville and Battery Wagner, before being sent to the trenches of Petersburg, Virginia, in the summer of 1864. The http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southern Cultures University of North Carolina Press

Another "Lost Cause": The Irish in the South Remember the Confederacy

Gleeson, David T.
Southern Cultures , Volume 17 (1) – Feb 12, 2011
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essay .................... Another "Lost Cause" The Irish in the South Remember the Confederacy by David T. Gleeson In 1877 a group of prominent Irish Americans met in Charleston to commemorate the Irish Volunteers in the Confederate States of America. The original volunteers, Company C of the Charleston Battalion, later Company H of the 27 th South Carolina Infantry, had participated in all the major battles around Charleston between 1861 and 1864 before being sent to the trenches of Petersburg, Virginia, in the summer of 1864. Confederate and Union dead side-by-side, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864­April 1865, courtesy of the Collections of the Library of Congress. n 1877 a group of prominent Irish Americans met in Charleston to commemorate the Irish Volunteers in the Confederate States of America. Two companies of that name had served during the American Civil War in South Carolina, Virginia, and North Carolina. The original volunteers, Company C of the Charleston Battalion, later Company H of the 27th South Carolina Infantry, had participated in all the major battles around Charleston between 1861 and 1864, including Secessionville and Battery Wagner, before being sent to the trenches of Petersburg, Virginia, in the summer of 1864. The

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