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* The Irish Bridge Monument at the Antietam National Battlefield near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Photo courtesy of William Bechmann.
Happy St. Patrick's Day : American Civil War Style..... The Irish Brigade was an infantry brigade, consisting predominantly of Irish Americans, that served in the Federal Army in the American Civil War. The designation of the first regiment in the brigade, the 69th New York Infantry (Fighting 69th), continued in later conflicts. The Irish Brigade was known in part for its famous war cry, the "faugh a ballagh", which is an anglicization of the Irish phrase, fág an bealach, meaning "clear the way".
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