Erin Go Bragh: Human Interest Stories of the Irish in the American Civil War (Scott L. Mingus, Sr., Gerard E. Mayers - CH) prisons offering readers an insider's look

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Erin Go Bragh: Human Interest Stories of the Irish in the American Civil War (Scott L. Mingus, Sr., Gerard E. Mayers - CH) prisons offering readers an insider's lookby: Scott L. Mingus Sr. & Gerard E. Mayers Erin Go Bragh. Anglicized from the Gaelic phrase for Ireland Forever. In the mid 19th century, the slogan was particularly popular among many Irish immigrants who had moved to the United States for political or personal reasons, yet maintained their strong familial, social, and often nationalistic ties to the old Emerald Isle. Tens of thousands of Irish born men (and a handful of women) and an even larger