At Fredericksburg, Pickett's men cut down the courageous "Irish brigade." But his luck changed for the worse at Gettysburg, where Pickett lost a staggering number of his own men; nearly all the ...
It was 150 years ago on July 2 in Gettysburg, Pa ... from Notre Dame and served as the chaplain of the famous Irish Brigade that fought Civil War (1861-65) battles from the First Bull Run ...