#4 - Damian Shiels & David Gleeson - The Untold Story of the Biggest War in Irish History

Damian Shiels is a historian, archaeologist, and curator. His specialist focus lies in conflict archaeology and the history of the Irish in America. David Gleeson is an author, professor, and researcher. He is a native of Ireland but spent 18 years studying and teaching in the United States. His research focused on Irish and English immigrants in nineteenth-century America as well as issues of race, ethnicity and class in the 19th Century United States. Expect to learn about the Involvement of Irish immigrants in the American Civil War, the impact of the famine in Ireland and its connection to Irish immigration, voting rights and representation in slaveholding states before the Civil War, migration patterns and chain migration among Irish Americans, involvement of Irish regiments like the 42nd New York and their level of training,  varied experiences of Irish soldiers during the war and their feelings towards each other, impacts of the American Civil War on children born to Irish immigrants and much more. Follow David on X (Twitter): twitter.com/irishacw Follow Damian on X (Twitter): twitter.com/dgleesonhistory Get in touch with Eddie: X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/RealEddieHobbs YouTube: https://youtube.com/@realEddieHobbs Website: https://eddiehobbs.com To engage with Eddie on personal or corporate financial matters, send him an email at [email protected]. Eddie Hobbs heads up Hobbs Financial Practice Ltd,  a private client advisory firm that specialises in strategic positioning of personal wealth. Hobbs Financial Practice Limited is Regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.  

There are no comments yet.

Please log in to write the first comment.