Thomas Meagher

David Ireland

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Did Thomas Meagher enlist, or was he drafted?

Did he ever write about why he fought for the Union?

Does anyone know whether he was ever asked how he reconciled being a leader of the Irish Rebellion for self-government with fighting against another rebellion that claimed to be fighting for independence, and if so, what he said?
 
Did Thomas Meagher enlist, or was he drafted?

Did he ever write about why he fought for the Union?

Does anyone know whether he was ever asked how he reconciled being a leader of the Irish Rebellion for self-government with fighting against another rebellion that claimed to be fighting for independence, and if so, what he said?

I would recommend Timothy Egan's The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero. It's a good biography of Meagher and will answer a lot of your questions.

Ryan
 

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