Ah, Top O the Mornin to ya lads and lasses! It's time fer anuther Flanagan's Carner to be shure. (Dun't worry about the spellin cause I'm writin with an Irish accent) Since Saturday, March 17 is St. Patty's Day, a day not originally known for just drinkin beer, dancing Irish jigs and singing Irish pub songs, but rather a day to remember St. Patrick who helped end the druid practices and expand Christianity in Ireland, (I've got a nice run on sentence going haven't I) I thought I'd write somethin in celebration of the Irish!
There is a Union Irish regiment that fought during the Civil War at Gettysburg that few people know about, even those of Irish descent. These lads were rather diminutive in stature and thus other Union regiments with a sense of derision referred to these brave lads as the Gnome Regiment. History tells us little about these courageous lads in blue. Union regimental war records do not even give a tiny glimpse into their actions during the war and no small amount of research has turned up any information on the glorious exploits of this almost lost to history group of Irish soldiers. But despite the lack of even minute data about this regiment, there is no doubt that these lads and their glorious deeds went about unnoticed by those they helped so long ago. As you can see for yourself in the above photograph, a monument was erected to this brave regiment in the town of Gettysburg. There is no inscription, no words to mark their deeds, regimental markers to spot their place in the line of battle, just this lone statue to mark their fame. I can gather thus that words were not needed, but that the monument says it all. The Irish Gnome Regiment was here and did its duty!
Ah, I amaze even meself sometimes. I bet I'm the first historical researcher to ever really give credit to this "Lost Battalion" of regiments so to speak! HUZZAH!
There is a Union Irish regiment that fought during the Civil War at Gettysburg that few people know about, even those of Irish descent. These lads were rather diminutive in stature and thus other Union regiments with a sense of derision referred to these brave lads as the Gnome Regiment. History tells us little about these courageous lads in blue. Union regimental war records do not even give a tiny glimpse into their actions during the war and no small amount of research has turned up any information on the glorious exploits of this almost lost to history group of Irish soldiers. But despite the lack of even minute data about this regiment, there is no doubt that these lads and their glorious deeds went about unnoticed by those they helped so long ago. As you can see for yourself in the above photograph, a monument was erected to this brave regiment in the town of Gettysburg. There is no inscription, no words to mark their deeds, regimental markers to spot their place in the line of battle, just this lone statue to mark their fame. I can gather thus that words were not needed, but that the monument says it all. The Irish Gnome Regiment was here and did its duty!
Ah, I amaze even meself sometimes. I bet I'm the first historical researcher to ever really give credit to this "Lost Battalion" of regiments so to speak! HUZZAH!
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