>Maith La ( Good Day) " The Portrait of The Irish in America by William D. >Griffin page 155 >The fact that some twenty thousand Irish immigrants living in the South >served in the Confederate forces was taken as evidence of Irish courage and >fighting spirit.............. Ann Did he footnote his number? Mike

Yes, Mike, The American Irish Historical Society. Which William D. Griffen is a professor (or was) of History at St. John's University, N.Y. and Librarian and archivist of the American Historical Society. His was Book Printed in 1981 Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "RUDDYsTN" <mruddy@usit.net> To: <CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [Civil-War-Irish] > > >Maith La ( Good Day) " The Portrait of The Irish in America by William D. > >Griffin page 155 > >The fact that some twenty thousand Irish immigrants living in the South > >served in the Confederate forces was taken as evidence of Irish courage and > >fighting spirit.............. > > Ann > Did he footnote his number? > Mike > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR-IRISH Mailing List ==== > To leave the list, type a message with only the word > unsubscribe > in the text and mailto:CIVIL-WAR-IRISH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >