revenge for the death charge there in which the Irish Brigade, among thousands of others, had been cut to ribbons. Now, victory at Gettysburg would be their response. Why did Lee order it?

On the sides of the base are plaques dedicated to the 14th New York Independent Battery, which mustered in with the Irish Brigade but was attached to New York’s Battery B at Gettysburg.

The Irish Brigade Veteran Association met yesterday at the Coroner's office to complete the details for the monument at Gettysburg to its members who felt there. View Full Article in Timesmachine ...

Corby proposed to give the Irish Brigade a general absolution. Richard Wheeler writes of the moment in his book, Witness to Gettysburg: “The scene was more than impressive; it was awe inspiring.

Gettysburg: America’s preeminent battlefield shrine and the museum of the civil war When you go to Gettysburg, you trod hallowed ground where incredible courage under fire by Union and ...

The Irish Brigade had missed the first day of the battle — they were still on their way north from Maryland. It was about 10:00 at night on July 1 when they reached the outskirts of Gettysburg ...

Another is that of the Irish Brigade itself. On July 2, 1888, twenty-fifth anniversary of the second day of Gettysburg, a memorial service was held on the field by the few survivors of that many ...

I picked up a copy of the Gettysburg Times ... According to Father Duncan, veterans of the Irish Brigade presented the unit's colors to Father Corby and that is the origin of the Fighting Irish ...

"During the Battle of Gettysburg on July 2 ... Corby was chaplain to the 88th New York Infantry of the famous Irish Brigade, which suffered the third highest causalities of any Union brigade ...

In a war that killed some 750,000 people, the Battle of Gettysburg is remembered as one of its greatest bloodbaths. Ethnic Irish units such as the Irish Brigade and 69 Volunteers performed heroics ...

At Gettysburg, the brigade was commanded by ... Reduced by casualties By November 1863, the Irish Brigade had participated in the pursuit of the Confederates across the Potomac, ending at the ...