Title
The Saint Patrick’s Battalion: Loyalty, Nativism, and Identity in the Nineteenth Century and Today
Class Year
2016
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
12-11-2015
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
Two decades before the Irish Brigade covered itself with glory, an earlier unit of Irish immigrants had won renown for its service during the Mexican American War. Calling themselves the Saint Patrick’s Battalion, these men marched under a flag of brilliant emerald decorated with Irish motifs: a harp, a shamrock, and the image of Saint Patrick [excerpt].
Copyright Note
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Recommended Citation
Lavery, Kevin P., "The Saint Patrick’s Battalion: Loyalty, Nativism, and Identity in the Nineteenth Century and Today" (2015). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 134.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/134
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