The Irish and the American Civil War

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Applied Geography grade: 20 University of Heidelberg (Anglistisches Seminar) course: Landeskunde Seminar language: English abstract: Why did the Irish participate in the American Civil War in such a great number? Why were they so special? German immigrants for example joined the war in just as a big number as the Irish did. But never did a unit that consisted of mainly Germans carry the colours or symbols of their homeland into a battle of the American Civil War like the Irish did.In this paper I want to clarify why the Irish had such a big impact on the American Civil war. Further I want to show that the Irishmen fought for more than just the Confederation or the Union but for their home country and much more.