Thomas Francis Meagher
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Thomas Francis Meagher was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848. After being convicted of sedition, he was first sentenced to death but received transportat
Meagher (1860s) in his formal military uniform
Portrait of Meagher c. 1845
Trial at Clonmel of Meagher, Terence MacManus, and Patrick O'Donoghue, all sentenced to death
Plaque commemorating Meagher's arrest at 19 The Mall, Waterford, 12 July 1848
Irish Brigade (Union army)
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The Irish Brigade was an infantry brigade, consisting predominantly of Irish Americans, who served in the Union Army in the American Civil War. The designation of the first regiment in the brigade, th
Thomas Francis Meagher
…of the American Civil War, Meagher joined the U.S. Army and rose to the rank of brigadier general. He was most notable for recruiting and leading the Irish Brigade and encouraging support among Irish immigrants for the Union. By his first marriage in Ireland, he had one surviving son; the two never met. Following…
Saint Patrick's Day celebration in the Army of the Potomac. Depicts a steeplechase race among the Irish Brigade, March 17, 1863, by Edwin Forbes. Digitally restored.
Chaplains of the Irish Brigade, Fr. Corby front row, right
Brigade Monument at the Gettysburg battleground
Monument at Antietam National Battlefield, dedicated in 1997 and composed of "two bronze relief sculptures set into a 20-ton tablet" of Ballyknockan granite from Ireland