Irish in the American Civil War

The website of archaeologist and historian Damian Shiels

History through the personal stories of those who lived it

IRISH IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

The web's most extensive site on the Irish experience

Over 700 fully-referenced blog articles and pages on different aspects of Irish emigration and emigrants

Extensive resources on topics such as Medal of Honor recipients, Generals, regimental losses and book bibliography

Visualising data on the Irish experience to explore Irish emigrant history in new ways

Details on my writing, educational, curatorial and media experience

Information on my books and published papers and articles, both in the field of the Civil War and military history and archaeology

Damian Shiels

Blog Author

A historian and archaeologist with a passion for telling the personal stories of past people

As regular readers will be aware, Andersonville Prison and Andersonville National Cemetery are regularly featured on this site. It is...

June 28, 2020

Earlier this month I was delighted to be asked to contribute to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine lunchtime...

June 23, 2020

Many of you will be familiar with the Civil War Monitor, one of the leading magazines focusing on the American...

June 6, 2020

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