The following is from an article/letter that appeared in the "Irish-American" newspaper, May 9, 1863 (sorry, I don't have the page number). I thought the letter was interesting, moving and might be of interest to some on this list. Although the "Tammany-Regiment",which I believe was the 42nd Regiment (New York), was not known as an Irish regiment, it seemed to consist of many Irish men. I did not bother listing all the companies (it would be too much), I listed just company K to give an example. The Tammany Companies contributed in total 493.50 (pounds) to the Irish relief fund. Diane ------------ - ------------------------------------------------ -------- Camp of the "Tammany Regiment", near Falmouth, Va, April 21, 1863 John O'Mahony, Esq. We, of the Tammany Regiment, aware of the present distress existing in Ireland, beg you to transmit to the Rt. Rev. Dr. Keane, Bishop of Cloyne, the following amount. We hope it may contribute, if only in a small degree, to stop the stream of Irish emigration, and to keep our friends from starvation, so that, this war in which we are engaged being ended, there may be some of our race left at home whom we can aid in placing beyond fear of recurrence both the miseries of famine and the horrors of landlordism. Rt. Rev. Dr. Keane being the first to acknowledge, by his reception of the remains of the patriot McManus, the right of the exile to a resting-place with his kindred in the land for which he struggled, and for whose welfare his last sigh was offered, we select him as the dispenser of our contribution towards the immediate relief of our suffering kindred in Ireland:- J.E. Mallon, Colonel........................................... ........... $25.00 Wm. A. Lynch, Lieutenant Colonel................................ $20.00 Patrick J. Downing, Captain.......................................... $25.00 Wm. O'Shea, Captain........................................... ........ $20.00 Robert C Wright, Captain........................................... .. $10.00 Thomas Wright, Captain........................................... .... $10.00 Maurice Fitzharris, Lieutenant....................................... $10.00 Francis F. Reynolds, Lieutenant.................................... $ 5.00 Company K Ord. Sergt. J. Coffey....... $7.00 William Desmond....... $2.00 Sergt. James Casey......... $7.00 Andrew Clines......... $2.00 James Fennessy.............. $5.00 John McDonough..... $2.00 Luke Burns..................... $5.00 John Maher............. $2.00 Michael Cuddy............... $5.00 Wm. Byrne.............. $1.00 James McGeever........... $5.00 Denis Calahan......... $1.00 Peter West.................... $5.00 Patrick McManus... $1.00 Eugene Sullivan............. $5.00 James McNa(?)lis... $1.00 John Fitzgerald............. $4.00 John Ritter.............. $1.50 Michael Madden.......... $5.00 Thomas Murray...... $1.00 Francis Gaffney............ $2.00 Michael McCormack $1.00 Daniel Kenaly.............. $2.00 Adam Hydenhoff...... $1.00 John Noonan.............. $2.00 Wm. Wallace........... $1.00