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Our friend Damian Shiels has begun making occasional podcasts on Irish immigrants during the Civil War. In this podcast he examines an affidavit written by a widow in support of her retention of her widow's pension. Her husband had died in Andersonville and she had received a widow's pension. The Democrats had passed legislation depriving widows of pensions if their husbands had not been United States citizens at the time of their service. The story is a sad one for a widow to go through.
https://irishamericancivilwar.com/2019/02/25/podcast-short-the-elderly-donegal-womans-predicament/
BONUS: You get to hear Damian's brogue.
https://irishamericancivilwar.com/2019/02/25/podcast-short-the-elderly-donegal-womans-predicament/
BONUS: You get to hear Damian's brogue.