The Green and the Gray: The Irish in the Confederate States of America

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297 Index Adger, James, 17 Ahearn, Patrick, 58–59 Ahearn, Thomas, 58 Ahern, William, 135 Alexandria, La., 40, 47, 52 Alexandria, Va., 48, 50, 76 Ancient Order of Hibernians, 216 Anderson, “Bloody” Bill, 92 Anderson, Robert, 42 Andersonville, Ga.: prison camp in, 166–67 Andrews, W. M., 145 “Andrews’ Raid,” 135 Antietam, Battle of: Irish Confederates in, 80, 85, 106–7, 212 Appomattox, Va., 3 Arnold, Richard, 12, 30, 33 Association of the Army of Northern Virginia (AANV), 210–11; Irish in, 211–14 Association of the Army of Tennessee (AAT), 211; Irish in, 211–12 Atlanta, Ga., 90, 146, 176, 193, 210, 219; Irish in/from, 47, 105, 135, 148, 192 Augusta, Ga., 32, 39, 110, 139, 157, 176–77, 209; Irish in/from, 12, 22, 32, 45, 47, 60, 64, 178–79, 208, 219–20. See also Walsh, Patrick Ayers, Edward L., 211 Baltimore, Md., 14, 32, 35, 142, 152, 183, 209; Irish in/from, 7, 30, 55; riot in, 55 Banks, Nathaniel, 78 Bannon, Father John, 58, 168–70, 176, 180, 185, 190; and attempts to stop Federal recruitment in Ireland, 170–74, 258 (n. 76) Baton Rouge, La., 40–41, 43, 219 Beauregard, P. G. T., 75, 128 Bell, John, 32–35, 56 Benjamin, Judah P., 170, 174, 183, 187 Bermuda, 123, 183 Blockade, U.S., 118–19, 121, 123, 139, 145, 147, 170, 182–83; and impact on Irish civilians, 139–42, 180, 185 Boylan, James, 33 Bragg, Braxton, 95 Bread Riot (Richmond), 143–44 Brenan, Joseph, 133, 251 (n. 63) Brennan, Mother De Sales, 176 Brennan, Thomas, 136 Bresnahan, Matthew, 77 Broderick, Mary, 142 Brown, Henry, 33 Brown, John: raid of, 29–30, 38, 73, 179 Brown, Joseph E., 61 Brownson, Orestes, 162 Buchanan, James, 34 Buckley, Thomas, 211 Buckley, William, 77 Burk, John Daly, 12 Burke, Edmund, 116 Burke, John, 195–96 Burke, Martin, 58 Burns, Ken, 5 Butler, Benjamin, 94, 146–48, 163, 192 Caldwell, James, 157 Calhoun, John C., 13, 27, 46, 106, 133 Cameron, Simon, 57 Camp Jackson, Mo., 57–58 Caniff, Patrick, 58 Canton, Miss., 18 Capston, J. L., 170 Carlyle, Thomas, 20 Carr, James, 55 Cash, Wilbur J., 7 Casualty rates, 62, 85–86, 93, 162; 298 / Index among Irish Confederates, 76, 79, 82–86, 88–89, 92–93, 140, 244–45 (n. 27) Catholic Church, 25, 152; and Confederate government, 157–58; and Confederate patriotism, 150–51, 153–54, 157–62, 185–86; and military chaplains, 80, 164–70 Catholic Emancipation, 26, 28, 151 Cedar Mountain, Battle of: Irish Confederates in, 92 Chamberlain, Joshua, 107 Chancellorsville, Battle of: Irish in, 87, 89, 105–6 Charleston, S.C., 10, 61–62, 117, 127, 171, 209; Irish in/from, 1, 7, 14, 15, 17–18, 23–28, 42, 44–45, 47, 50, 52–54, 67–70, 72, 84–86, 99, 101, 107–9, 112, 114, 129–30, 134, 136, 139–42, 145, 148, 163, 165, 167, 174, 190, 192–93, 195, 199–205, 223–24. See also Lynch, Bishop Patrick N.; Magrath, A. G.; O’Connor, M. P. Charleston Battalion: Irish in, 47, 52, 99–100, 130 Chattanooga, Tenn., 62, 135, 176 Chattanooga, Battle of, 119 Cheraw, S.C., 113, 139 Chesnut, James, 197 Chickamauga, Battle of, 176–77; Irish Confederates in, 86, 90 Cincinnati, Ohio, 31, 56, 156 Clay, Clement, 196 Cleburne, Patrick Ronayne, 6, 100–101, 195; and emancipation proposal, 95–97; use of, in Lost Cause, 207–8 Clohessey, J. R., 33 Cobb, Howell, 95, 97, 167 Cobb, Thomas R. R., 105 Coghlan, Thomas (T. J.), 136, 194 Collins, James, 77 Colquitt, Alfred H., 220 Columbia, S.C., 38, 46, 72, 125, 127, 131, 139, 198; Irish in/from, 113, 201 Compromise of 1850, 11; Irish in South and, 28–29, 152 Compromise of 1877, 201, 206 “Confederate Liberty,” 93, 95, 115 Confederate States, government of, 118; Irish and, 64, 143–44. See also Lander, William; Phelan, James; Sparrow, Edward Confederate States Army, 68–69, 84, 86–87, 93; Irish numbers in, 1–2, 5, 45–55, 57–61; Irish performance in, 73–88, 92–93, 97–100, 106–9, 111, 221, 231 (n. 27), 244–45 (n. 27); and non-Irish Confederate opinions of Irish in, 107–11; occupational status of Irish in, 64–66. See also Casualty rates; Conscription; Desertion Confederate States Marine Corps: Irish in, 53–54, 59 Confederate States Navy: Irish in, 54, 59 Confederate Veterans Home (Tenn.), 213 Conscription (CSA), 3, 62–63, 70, 125, 128–29, 146; and Irish, 60...