AIHS Dr. Ryan Keating of California State University will discuss the Irish Brigade during the US Civil War in a Zoom lecutre hosted by the American Irish Historical Society on Thursday, October 17.

In Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, of all the one-hundred seventy-five thousand or so men who had fought in the battle, it was the Pennsylvania Irish 69th, who would face the fire of Pickett's Charge ...

By the time of the Battle of Gettysburg the Irish Brigade, which began with about 3000 men, was down to 530. Of the men Father Corby absolved that day, 27 died, 109 were wounded, and 62 were missing.

Remember the volunteers, the citizen-soldiers, who helped win the Battle of Gettysburg 154 years ago this month.

August 8, 2014 The Irish Brigade Gettysburg National Military Park ranger Angie Atkinson talked about the formation and combat experience of the Union Army’s … ...

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 » ...

The Irish Brigade was involved in the battles of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Charlottesville, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Gettysburg, among others.