Hi Valerie: Yes, in deed there were many Irish in the Civil War. Sometimes entire regiments made up of nothing but Irish as one famous regiment from New York City. As a general rule for both North and South, the Irish distinguished themselves as skilled and fearless fighters. Patrick/ Valerie Kuhn wrote: >Thank you for the answer to my question. For some reason, I would never have thought that my Irish ancestors fought in the Civil War.....Now I have another place to look. Thanx again, > >Valerie > >"Patrick D. Hollis" <phollis@satx.rr.com> wrote: >This is a reply to Valerie Kuhn and her inquiry concerning the Union >Army soldiers in "camp" around the city of Washington on or about July >14, 1864 when Confederate General Jubal A. Early sought to attack that >city by moving up the Shenandoah Valley via Winchester, Va. My ggguncle >was killed at this last battle for Winchester when General Early sought >to attack a Union position held by 300 Union Calvary armed with >repeating rifles. I am not sure which Union units were defending the >nation's capitol, but I think elements of General Phil Sheridan's army >eventually drove General Early's army back away from Washington. Your >Irish relative was most likely among units of the Union Army defending >the city. Pat Hollis/ > >Dan Hogan wrote: > > > >>Federal units under General Lew Wallace were encamped "in camp" around >>Washington due to the threat of Confederate Jubal Early's army who >>reached the outskirts of the city on July 14, 1864 and shelled some >>outlying areas in order to draw troops away from the main fight in VA. >>Dan Hogan >> >>On Thursday, September 30, 2004, at 11:37 AM, Valerie Kuhn wrote: >> >> >> >>>I recently found an advertisement my gggrandfather placed in "The >>>Search for Missing Friends: Irish Immigrant Advertisement Placed in >>>the Boston Pilot". In it he states of his cousin "who came to this >>>country in the Spring of 1863, and was in the camp before Washington >>>in July, 1864...." Does anyone have any idea what "in the camp >>>before Washington" means? I would appreciate any help. >>> >>>Valerie >>>Sacramento >>> >>> >>> >>==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== >>The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service >>http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ >>Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. >> >> >> >> > > > >==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== >The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service >http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ >Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. > > > >==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== >The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service >http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ >Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. > > > >