What i respect about the Irish in the Civil War is that even though they weren't exactly for emancipation (because they feared blacks would take their jobs) and were treated like crap in northern cities, they answered the call and fought bravely for the Union.
As they have since the nation's birth, Irish-Americans continue to fill the ranks of the armed forces. In Iraq, the outfit with the strongest Gaelic roots, the old Irish 69th New York (165th in World War I & II) & now the 1/69th was given the place of greatest danger --- guarding the highway between Baghdad Airport and the city. For the unit's bravery (which ranks remain some 30% Irish) Congress passed a special resolution of recognition & thanks -- the only time it was done in that war.
Southern soliders are not remembered as they should be.
They are remembered as the bad guys.
We decendants are tought our ancestors were monsters, they talk about Andersonville but ignore Camp Douglas. Talk about the Union soldiers who die as prisoners but ignore the 26 thousand Confederates who died as prisoners.
This is bias.
Talking about blacks fighting for the north.
Ignoreing Mexicans and Indians fighting for the south.
@TexianPride We're Americans, we must talk of both sides and teach our young both sides fought like Americans should, for what they believed, for Nation and for State, never shall we be bias of our own, too much good men died and blood was spilled for that to happen, United We Stand Divided We Fall, I fight for both sides and am hurt to see being hated by another.
@TexianPride Falling apart would only make it worst, we must stop the evil in our government, someday we will be better off but only time will tell, we've had worst before so I think we can make it.
@TexianPride When we won independance from Great Britain Congress made states stronger than the National Congress, like nations, but soon the Nation was deeper in dept and had no Army to defend because states were to give money to Congress when asked and supply an Army in war, so that didn't work as well as it sounded.
@TexianPride Texas likely owes its very existence to the federal government. Texas submitted several annexation requests to the US. Lets not forget the "Texas Committees" from the North that fought to protect Texas before it was a state.
The US congress approved of a resolution which Polk presented to Anson Jones. Polk required that the Rep. of Texas vote in favor of annexation before they are admitted. All but ONE member of the Rep. of Texas govt voted to join the Union. Nothing was forced.
@TexianPride You are suggesting that Southern Caucasians are demonized? What type of proof do you have? American children are taught about the civil war starting in grade school.
Or are you upset at how the information is presented? That the South fought for the right to enslave human beings? That they lost? I don't get it.
If it wasn't for the Federal Government, Texas might not be a state today. Surely you heard of the "Texas Committees" created in the North that came and fought.
Umm I have ancestors who were involved in the confederacy, while they may have had the right to leave the union once they fired on fort sumter well the rest is history.
@TexianPride The United States hasn't changed socially in 150 years? What the hell are you talking about? That is absurd.
No offense, but the South seems to fight every major social change. Where did federal troops have to go to protect African American CHILDREN walking to school? Hell, even today most opposition to gay marriage (our generation's civil rights struggle) occurs in the South.
@815Sox So imperialism and greed is no longer what drives the United States government.
Gay rights occurs all over the world especially in socially conservative regions of course the south and midwest are not for gay marriage there are no gays in these regions to speak of.
Personally I believe gays should have rights equal to marriage but not acually be married.
This is the common way of thinking in the South.
To compare gay rights to black rights is offensive.
@TexianPride Delusional. Not denying that some bad things happened during the Civil War (as they do in all wars), but both sides committed them. The south will not rise again, and if the Union does dissolve someday it will not be because of a second Southern Secession.
The South made the decision to secede from the Union because the rich southerners wanted to protect slavery (free labor for them). Like all wars, the poorest ended up doing most of the fighting.
@815Sox You have said the same things the last guy said if you want answers to your questons read my old comments.
You are either playing dumb or ignoreing the facts.
Southerners are not portrayed fairly in hollywood
In schools we are remmebered as the "bad guys", as a boy our class in 5th grade was seperated in to north and south.
The teacher then asked for two vollunteers to be Lee and Grant when my good friend Lee vollunteered to be Lee she said he shouldnt be so proud to be a traitor
The fact the presidents could win without the souths vote proved to the south the US was no longer equal the north could out vote the south every time.
Northern laws in the south and the south cant do anything to stop it.
@Ares99999 Im sure if it were your ancestors who were unjustly invaded and conquered then forced to join an empire at gunpoint.
If the north lost and the horrors the US inflicted on us done in reverse and it was Chicago not Atlanta burned to the ground Im sure you to would remember.
We were defeated and your ancestors murdered and raped our people burned our land and have held our people down for 150 years.
We lost I accept this, but Im not going to forget my ancestors suffering.
@Ares99999 Of course both sides had war mongers its the human way.
Every 17 year old boy in the damn country wanted to go kill some rebs/Yanks.
Sadly to many boys in blue and gray got there wish.
In the end no one won that war the south lost its freedom the United States lost its reason for existing freedom died when the Union forced the millions of southerners to join the Union at gunpoint
@TexianPride I will agree with you that it is sad that so many had to die and lose loved ones during the civil war. The Civil War was the first "modern" war, towards the end it even featured trench warfare. Tactics had not caught up to weapons technology.
The Civil War was a harbinger for the horrors that were to come in WWI. WWI was a far more important war that ours and many Southern Doughboys, whose fathers fought for the CSA, fought and sacrificed proudly for the United States of America.
@Ares99999 Hey punk , why dont you go fight for uncle sam ? TexianPride is correct, the poor fuckin Irish that were forced to fight for the Union had no choice & they were very mislead! The Irish that fought for the south had a cause! (defend your land). this had nothing to do with slaves!. Ireland has been in a civil war forever! & back then they were put in another one here..Col. Tommie McNally of Atlanta..
@tommieparch Yes, because its well known that the southern cause had nothing to do with slavery, especially since the CSA's constitution pretty much enshrined it.
@Ares99999 Its any mans concern when someone is disrespecting somone.
Unlike you we were raised with manners.
The southern Confederacy supported slavery, but the only slave owners were the rich elite. The upper class if you will.
The average Irish southerner, most southerners for that matter were not slave holders this is easily verified by the 1860 census taken just before the war.
7% of southerners owned slaves according the Federal Government of the United States of America
@TexianPride Ah. So 7% were slave-owning elites, and the remaining 93% were dupes who fought for a Constitution which was, except for slavery, completely the same as that USA's except for completely cosmetics - and which did not regard the common man - changes. Did you read both Constitutions side by side? I did. Do it. You'll see it.
So you're saying that the southern people fought for rights... that they already had before they started fighting. Not smart.
God bless America who has always been a great friend to Ireland. And God bless the brave men and women of the US Military who are fighting against Muslim Fascism around the world.
What Muslim Fascism, exactly, is the US fighting against? There aren't many self-professed fascists left around, let alone Muslim ones. You should be a bit more concerned with local oppressors than foreign ones- Fight your Capitalist masters, not the down-trodden.
You freakin hicks still flyin the confederate flag do realize that the Civil war has been over right? This is the land of the free, any human being has the same rights given to them at birth in this awesome country, so by supporting the Confederacy you are slandering the foundation of America itself, equality.
@andrija1978 whats wrong with Jews and gays. Personally i think jews are great and gays are tolerable, also i think Lincoln killers is two words and lastly the CSA is gone
@Vassilli42 Proud of my Irish ancestors who sacrificed for the Union! Some even gave the ultimate sacrifice. They knew the Union must be preserved and it was! Thank God the Union was preserved!
I just said "hello" on your channel. I've been listening to your music and wanted to thank you. This is a great video and I was listening to The Dreadful Engagement, among others. Your songs and videos are excellent. Thank you so much!
@Jeffanos *face palm* dude/lady, i'm a freaking 11 year old...my teachers teach us NOTHING about this stuff, you really expect me to know that? and please don't do that ever..it just decreases my enthusiasm and confidence.
@adgthlover9 well, then take it as you learn something new everyday, and continue on with redoubled enthusiasm. as you said, you are only 11, you still have much to learn, look beyond what you teachers tell you, for they are unlikely to give you the whole picture.
the united states was formed on ''agreement between different states'' and therfore no one state should have had the right to keep another in the union if that state wanted out, same as today with the EU if ireland or spain wants out then the rest of the european union has no right to stop them as they came together for economic reasons same with the united states it was formed primarily for economic might against england back in 1781
(confused_ So like.. my family decends from Kentucky, which during the civil war was a southern state, but I live in Ohio now. So..i don't know if i should be northern or southern. (I'd much like to be northern)
"A foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without cruelty, a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices, a private citizen without wrong, a neighbour without reproach, a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile. He was a Caesar, without his ambition, Frederick, without his tyranny, Napoleon, without his selfishness, and Washington, without his reward."
@holmesbinton haha... You calling me a traitor?? How about you, huh? A Northern gay faggot? Union men are oppressors...... That's why our men Fought back. Idiota. papatayun ku ikaw. haha
@Paganwarrior2000 Nice! :) Nowadays Hungarians have ~500,000 folk songs. At the time when we came to East-Center Europe from the Center of Asia we had more, just we forgot them.. xD
And how big is Germany. There are 70 million germans.. they have 2000 folksongs.. from Tirol, jodel / jodli..
And they try to kill East... funny. what do they want... they aren't a folk..
You are all talking about how the north attacked the south becuase of slavery but its wrong the war was about cotton taxes what would have starved.And north wanted to take away souths freedom abd add it to union but its wrong because dixie has it's own heritage and culture the north union took away a little country's freedom.I am not and rebel or confederate but damn i'm sure not an yankee who kills others to get 300 dollars thumbs up if you agree!
Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; will learn from Northern school books their version of the War; will be impressed by all the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors, and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision. -General Pat Cleburne, CSA
the confederacy only fought to end taxes the south had 30% of the population in america and supplyed 80% of the unions tax money the south fought for the same reson that we fought in the revilution but they didnt win becouse the north was bigger and industrialized. and dont point the racist card the genral of the union had slaves till the 13th amendment. the blackes were treted equil or better in the military then the whites while the union treted them badly. dont say i got it mixed up.
@TheCooKiwiKlan The Confederacy fought to preserve slavery. The Cornerstone speech, the South Carolina declaration of secession, and Confederate Constitution make this explicitly clear. The statements of southern leaders and people impeach them.
It wasn't til after the war ended that southerners tried to say the rebellion was about states' rights, yet the only states' right they could ever refer to was slavery. (Which isn't a state's right, it's an individual one.)
@JohnnyC133 the civil war was about north's cotton tax too.because of the tax southerns had to get more slaves and make more profit for living.So acculy the north cause the war.And another thing the north's reason to attack rhe south because of the shooting at that port was false info it was a reason to get more troops and lie about the south.So please red even one history book before you right comments that aren't true.
@ihaten1ggas Fort Sumter was a U.S. federal fort that the Confederacy opened fire on first when Abraham Lincoln attempted to send in provisions. The Confederacy fired first, they started the war.
The North taxed the south...okay, so what? The tax was passed by the U.S. Congress which has the power under the Constitution to do so. If the south disagreed, they could disagree through Congress rather than by shattering the Union. So you need to research history and learn to spell before commenting
@JohnnyC133 The North over taxed the South because the South wanted to trade out of the U.S. so the U.S. taxed them with large taxes and tariffs. The North also wanted internal improvements sponsored by the federal government. This was more roads, railroads, and canals. The South, on the other hand, did not want these projects to be done at all.
@AUG351 The South already traded outside the U.S., with Britain and France being their main customers for cotton. The North levied the taxes to protect northern industries which would be destroyed by a lack of internal commerce from the South.
The North liked the idea of improving the nation, the South didn't. Is that supposed to be a point in their favor?
But once again, secession was unnecessary in a republican-style government, where the South could have protested the tax in Congress.
@SheikhTaqiyyameister If you had taken ten seconds to look back at my previous arguments, you'd see I'd already made that point and presented evidence to prove it.
@SheikhTaqiyyameister Wrong, and almost right. The war started over state's rights, then progressed to war on slavery after the emancipation proclamation. Slavery was just one many issues between the north and south.
@P0rnWizard Actually lincoln only gave the emancipation proclamation to free the slaves in the states who were in rebellion... and that was only done to keep the british out of the war. because the british had outlawed slavery before this time and that made the war about slavery.
im from ireland i was born and partly raised there but i found out that my great grandfather fought for General McCellan in the irish brigade before he moved back to County Cork
The American Civil War was indeed a war that split families...in my family there's a story that one cousin went to fight for the rebels and another for the Union...that was the last time the two thought they would see each other...turns out that the union cousin's unit took prisoners after a battle among whom was his rebel cousin...On the union cousin's suggestion to his commander, the rebel cousin was allowed to go back home...
Anyone that knows the Civil War knows that the English back the south until the Emancipation Proclimation. The English had some good business with the South and even sent troops to Canada as a precaution that they could take advantage of the situtions.
@gray19801 I think it is a bit of a stretch to say that British support for the Confederacy was anything but cursory. Some factions within HM Government supported the Confederacy, but the Queen and the broader British public would not have stood for a pro-slavery intervention. The only way the British would have come on board would have been a vast change of policy, a bad incident at sea, or when the Confederacy seemed sure to win.
@ajferet I will give you that but from what I have read over the years is that the Brits had a good trade with the south more so than the north. Also one of the reason the Emancipation Proclimation was signed was because the Brits would not support any government that had slaverly. Most of what was considered the western states, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc did not care one bit about the slavery issue for the most part as they were rural.
Uncle Same - a fictitious character. You are gonna fight for a make believe person? Might as well since all the "virtues" you are told you are fighting for are just lies, Lies, LIES. Just look at what "Uncle Sam" has done to himself. Look at the mess the USA is in. THAT is what the Yanks were fighting for. And all those "freed slaves"? Look where their descendants are now - in the ghetto selling crack, robbing, raping, killing, and the rest are in prison. & in the WHITE HOUSE? MULATTO
What VALUES? I"m talking about REAL honest values, not the crap about "Truth, Justice, Liberty, Freedom, and Democracy that we are force fed from day 1. Rote Slogans reflect no more truth than the sound bytes so effectively used nowadays. Human nature does not change. I'm sure the Romans talked about how they were some kind of beacon of light and hope for civilization. It's all JIVE.
@YambidiBlamBlam and the whole counrtys full of fake people who still choke down all the slogan/ sound bites& other fecal matter those in power feed them
@YambidiBlamBlam it's really not fair to blame all black men for the actions of a select few, in Washington state for every black man hooked on drugs or locked up there's at least white men in the same boat. most around here actually join the military.
@YambidiBlamBlam heck ya, any more we are just as bad as rus.,we have no honor and freedom,we steal from other countries and kill dictators who we dont even know,only difference between us and rus. is in russia ur killed if the goverment doesnt like u,here u are indefinatly detentioned,and ur totaly right about blacks,this country would be much better off if the south won, suprised it isnt the black party house.. yet. i wish we had a true u.s.a where the gov is just and the right thing is done
God Bless the South God bless my home state of Virginia!!!!! NO I'm not promoting the confederacy or any of that or slavery, I am proud of our state's heritage and our involvement in the Civil War. Southern Pride!!!!!
What i respect about the Irish in the Civil War is that even though they weren't exactly for emancipation (because they feared blacks would take their jobs) and were treated like crap in northern cities, they answered the call and fought bravely for the Union.
bpolacek89 1 hour ago
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germanx01 1 day ago
As they have since the nation's birth, Irish-Americans continue to fill the ranks of the armed forces. In Iraq, the outfit with the strongest Gaelic roots, the old Irish 69th New York (165th in World War I & II) & now the 1/69th was given the place of greatest danger --- guarding the highway between Baghdad Airport and the city. For the unit's bravery (which ranks remain some 30% Irish) Congress passed a special resolution of recognition & thanks -- the only time it was done in that war.
agatematt 6 days ago
Polish&Irish 4ever ;)
JANUSZ1FROM1POLAND 1 week ago
Great for them! Irish soldiers bring hell upon those rebel bastards!!
Bogeyy17 1 week ago
The SOUTH will rise again
wmims55 1 week ago
@wmims55 We're waiting! greetings from a northern Irishman :)
THeRevolting1 1 week ago
Just my experience in school bias.
Southern soliders are not remembered as they should be.
They are remembered as the bad guys.
We decendants are tought our ancestors were monsters, they talk about Andersonville but ignore Camp Douglas. Talk about the Union soldiers who die as prisoners but ignore the 26 thousand Confederates who died as prisoners.
This is bias.
Talking about blacks fighting for the north.
Ignoreing Mexicans and Indians fighting for the south.
Do you understand now?
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
@TexianPride We're Americans, we must talk of both sides and teach our young both sides fought like Americans should, for what they believed, for Nation and for State, never shall we be bias of our own, too much good men died and blood was spilled for that to happen, United We Stand Divided We Fall, I fight for both sides and am hurt to see being hated by another.
jacobwolf124 2 weeks ago
@jacobwolf124 I respect you and your view but I cant help but wonder if we should be united with the rest of the United States.
After all the US is going to hell in a handbasket and there draging us with it.
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
@TexianPride Falling apart would only make it worst, we must stop the evil in our government, someday we will be better off but only time will tell, we've had worst before so I think we can make it.
jacobwolf124 2 weeks ago
@jacobwolf124 Maybe I dont know what would happen.
I do know I love this country for what it is supposed to be not what it is.
I hope one day we will see this nation become more of a union of nations rather then one nation
TexianPride 1 week ago
@TexianPride When we won independance from Great Britain Congress made states stronger than the National Congress, like nations, but soon the Nation was deeper in dept and had no Army to defend because states were to give money to Congress when asked and supply an Army in war, so that didn't work as well as it sounded.
jacobwolf124 1 week ago
@jacobwolf124 Todays a bit different, were no longer tiny rebelious colonys we are now full fledged nations in size with massize ecomonys
TexianPride 1 week ago
@TexianPride Texas likely owes its very existence to the federal government. Texas submitted several annexation requests to the US. Lets not forget the "Texas Committees" from the North that fought to protect Texas before it was a state.
The US congress approved of a resolution which Polk presented to Anson Jones. Polk required that the Rep. of Texas vote in favor of annexation before they are admitted. All but ONE member of the Rep. of Texas govt voted to join the Union. Nothing was forced.
815Sox 2 weeks ago
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815Sox 2 weeks ago
@TexianPride You are suggesting that Southern Caucasians are demonized? What type of proof do you have? American children are taught about the civil war starting in grade school.
Or are you upset at how the information is presented? That the South fought for the right to enslave human beings? That they lost? I don't get it.
If it wasn't for the Federal Government, Texas might not be a state today. Surely you heard of the "Texas Committees" created in the North that came and fought.
815Sox 2 weeks ago
Umm I have ancestors who were involved in the confederacy, while they may have had the right to leave the union once they fired on fort sumter well the rest is history.
ted1045 2 weeks ago
God bless the 10th Tennessee and those Irishmen that fought for Freedom.
Shadowmourne07 2 weeks ago
Im done I no longer care.
You will defend the Union and there imperialism and greed I will defend the Confederacy and there slavery and dreams of independance.
But I will say this, 150 years later the south has changed the United States has not.
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
@TexianPride The United States hasn't changed socially in 150 years? What the hell are you talking about? That is absurd.
No offense, but the South seems to fight every major social change. Where did federal troops have to go to protect African American CHILDREN walking to school? Hell, even today most opposition to gay marriage (our generation's civil rights struggle) occurs in the South.
815Sox 2 weeks ago
@815Sox So imperialism and greed is no longer what drives the United States government.
Gay rights occurs all over the world especially in socially conservative regions of course the south and midwest are not for gay marriage there are no gays in these regions to speak of.
Personally I believe gays should have rights equal to marriage but not acually be married.
This is the common way of thinking in the South.
To compare gay rights to black rights is offensive.
Gays have it much better
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
The south will pay back the US someday.
The union will break and when it does, I hope God is as mercifull as they say he is.
We may disagree but thats how it is after all your people are murderers and rapists Im sure you feel obligated to defend your murderous ancestors
Have a good day and God Bless
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
@TexianPride Yeah. My great-grandfather was from South Carolina, by the by. 'My people', indeed.
Ares99999 2 weeks ago
@Ares99999 A traitor to your blood line then.
Much better lol
Im sure your grandad is real proud of your insensitivity toward your kins suffering.
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
@TexianPride Delusional. Not denying that some bad things happened during the Civil War (as they do in all wars), but both sides committed them. The south will not rise again, and if the Union does dissolve someday it will not be because of a second Southern Secession.
The South made the decision to secede from the Union because the rich southerners wanted to protect slavery (free labor for them). Like all wars, the poorest ended up doing most of the fighting.
The South started the war.
815Sox 2 weeks ago
@815Sox You have said the same things the last guy said if you want answers to your questons read my old comments.
You are either playing dumb or ignoreing the facts.
Southerners are not portrayed fairly in hollywood
In schools we are remmebered as the "bad guys", as a boy our class in 5th grade was seperated in to north and south.
The teacher then asked for two vollunteers to be Lee and Grant when my good friend Lee vollunteered to be Lee she said he shouldnt be so proud to be a traitor
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
The fact the presidents could win without the souths vote proved to the south the US was no longer equal the north could out vote the south every time.
Northern laws in the south and the south cant do anything to stop it.
That was a huge controversy in the south.
Which lead to the ralleying cry States rights.
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
The southern fighting man was a poor man they had no slaves to fight for.
They were poor men fighting for there homeland.
After all the number of vollunteers jumped the the hundreds of thousands after the Union delcared war on the south and began there invasion.
This is somthing that should be apparent to anyone with any grip on history.
Theres a reason why dissertion in the Army of Tennessee was so high after Tennessee fell.
Because there was nothin left to fight for. There home was conquered
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
@TexianPride Nope. It was the south which fired on Fort Sumter. The South declared war by trying to take clear federal property by force.
Obviously, you have a very deep 'Lost Cause' affinity. Nearly 150 years and still can't live defeat down.
Ares99999 2 weeks ago
@Ares99999 Rofl you completely missed my point.
I said
"Let me help you understand this I must have been going to fast for you to keep up.
After all the number of vollunteers jumped the the hundreds of thousands after the Union delcared war on the south and began there invasion."
I was talking about the number of men who vollunteered in response to Lincolns announceing the invasion of the southern states.
Id also like to point out 4 states also seceeded AFTER lincoln declared war
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
@TexianPride Ah, I see. Heh. Such sore losers. Unable to live defeat down.
I'm done. Have fun fighting for a cause that General Lee himself didn't believe was anything but a mistake to begin with. Ciao.
Ares99999 2 weeks ago
@Ares99999 Im sure if it were your ancestors who were unjustly invaded and conquered then forced to join an empire at gunpoint.
If the north lost and the horrors the US inflicted on us done in reverse and it was Chicago not Atlanta burned to the ground Im sure you to would remember.
We were defeated and your ancestors murdered and raped our people burned our land and have held our people down for 150 years.
We lost I accept this, but Im not going to forget my ancestors suffering.
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
@TexianPride Because as far as you're concerned, only the North wanted a fight. So did the South. Reason had gone out the window on both sides.
Ares99999 2 weeks ago
@Ares99999 Of course both sides had war mongers its the human way.
Every 17 year old boy in the damn country wanted to go kill some rebs/Yanks.
Sadly to many boys in blue and gray got there wish.
In the end no one won that war the south lost its freedom the United States lost its reason for existing freedom died when the Union forced the millions of southerners to join the Union at gunpoint
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
@TexianPride I will agree with you that it is sad that so many had to die and lose loved ones during the civil war. The Civil War was the first "modern" war, towards the end it even featured trench warfare. Tactics had not caught up to weapons technology.
The Civil War was a harbinger for the horrors that were to come in WWI. WWI was a far more important war that ours and many Southern Doughboys, whose fathers fought for the CSA, fought and sacrificed proudly for the United States of America.
815Sox 2 weeks ago
Poor men mislead to there fate, they leave there homeland to escape tyrany and they arrive in america to be drafted to tyranize others.
God bless em, my grandaddy chose to fight for the rebels in gray in Georgia.
God bless the Irish.
We whooped them yankees good before they took us down
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
@TexianPride But they took your ANCESTORS - not YOU - down. Now shut up and listen to the song.
Ares99999 2 weeks ago
@Ares99999 Hey punk , why dont you go fight for uncle sam ? TexianPride is correct, the poor fuckin Irish that were forced to fight for the Union had no choice & they were very mislead! The Irish that fought for the south had a cause! (defend your land). this had nothing to do with slaves!. Ireland has been in a civil war forever! & back then they were put in another one here..Col. Tommie McNally of Atlanta..
tommieparch 2 weeks ago
@tommieparch Yes, because its well known that the southern cause had nothing to do with slavery, especially since the CSA's constitution pretty much enshrined it.
Ares99999 2 weeks ago
@tommieparch And by the way, how was what I said to TexianPride any concern of yours?
Ares99999 2 weeks ago
@Ares99999 Its any mans concern when someone is disrespecting somone.
Unlike you we were raised with manners.
The southern Confederacy supported slavery, but the only slave owners were the rich elite. The upper class if you will.
The average Irish southerner, most southerners for that matter were not slave holders this is easily verified by the 1860 census taken just before the war.
7% of southerners owned slaves according the Federal Government of the United States of America
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
@TexianPride Ah. So 7% were slave-owning elites, and the remaining 93% were dupes who fought for a Constitution which was, except for slavery, completely the same as that USA's except for completely cosmetics - and which did not regard the common man - changes. Did you read both Constitutions side by side? I did. Do it. You'll see it.
So you're saying that the southern people fought for rights... that they already had before they started fighting. Not smart.
Ares99999 2 weeks ago
@Ares99999 Once again the completely miss the point.
The southern man fought for the south because they felt wronged.
I have read both Constitutions its been awhile but yes Im aware of the similarities.
I also remember more focus of states rights then federal rights.
The souths entire platform for sesession was slavery and more power to the states.
I think its obvious why the southern people left.
Lincon won the presidency without the southern vote.
CONT
TexianPride 2 weeks ago
God bless America who has always been a great friend to Ireland. And God bless the brave men and women of the US Military who are fighting against Muslim Fascism around the world.
IMFHater 4 weeks ago
What Muslim Fascism, exactly, is the US fighting against? There aren't many self-professed fascists left around, let alone Muslim ones. You should be a bit more concerned with local oppressors than foreign ones- Fight your Capitalist masters, not the down-trodden.
ProletarianRage 3 weeks ago
Irish are always welcome in America. Hell they make up most Americans.
Trashcansam123 1 month ago 9
@Trashcansam123 germans are most prevalent
erness11111 1 week ago
@erness11111 Figures. My moms side is German and Irish. And I'm part Polish, they also make up alot of Americans.
Trashcansam123 1 week ago
@erness11111
50.000.000 US-American citizens have German roots.
The Germans fought for Lincoln and the Union. All immigrants were brave soldiers.
Dramidoc 2 days ago
was it not the case that my Irish ancestors were made to fight in war they did'nt have a clue about to stop conscription.
southlondon63 1 month ago
Nice song. Greetings from Spain
samupipboy 1 month ago
You freakin hicks still flyin the confederate flag do realize that the Civil war has been over right? This is the land of the free, any human being has the same rights given to them at birth in this awesome country, so by supporting the Confederacy you are slandering the foundation of America itself, equality.
bitsy678 1 month ago
Thank you Lads of the Union Irish Brigades. Your deeds will live on.
andrewwatson39 1 month ago
Long live the CSA and Lincolnkillers. Death to gay-jewish masonic Washington.
andrija1978 1 month ago
@andrija1978 Your CSA didn't last 4 years.
redsoul888 1 month ago
@redsoul888 we will see how long US will last. Even post communist states in east europe have now an higher standard of living.
andrija1978 1 month ago
@andrija1978 Wait till the European Union gets done with you. You will be worse then us.
ECWChris94 1 month ago
@andrija1978 whats wrong with Jews and gays. Personally i think jews are great and gays are tolerable, also i think Lincoln killers is two words and lastly the CSA is gone
theduckfan13 1 month ago
@theduckfan13 great jews: communists (marx, trotsky, lenin, rosa-luxemburg) 300 mill. victims, kaganovic 6 mill. victims, harris & klebold 12 victims, gamblers (rothschilds, lehmann brothers, merril lynch, b.madoff & g..soros) 100 million financial victims and apparently you as hoolywood and pc brainwashed victim.
all gays are mentally and physically sick. when do you celebrate your gaetan dugas memorial day?
andrija1978 1 month ago
yankees to HELL
minecraft2400 1 month ago
@minecraft2400 You lost, get over it.
cwcwful 1 month ago
the dubliners- whiskey in the jar?
zephyrboy96 2 months ago
God bless the men of Ireland that fought for their new country.
Vassilli42 2 months ago 31
@Vassilli42 Proud of my Irish ancestors who sacrificed for the Union! Some even gave the ultimate sacrifice. They knew the Union must be preserved and it was! Thank God the Union was preserved!
815Sox 2 weeks ago
@Vassilli42 Erin Go Bragh
MySchlupp 1 week ago
What a big fuckin fail it is,what a great song though
5dollarsbuzz 2 months ago
And even if there wa uncle Sam ppl that time would often use Columbia as a replacement
gamer7916 2 months ago
@gamer7916 the concept of uncle sam began in the war of 1812
theboyoofoly 2 months ago
I just said "hello" on your channel. I've been listening to your music and wanted to thank you. This is a great video and I was listening to The Dreadful Engagement, among others. Your songs and videos are excellent. Thank you so much!
MyMoppet52 2 months ago
mighty loony?
adgthlover9 2 months ago
Patty? his name is patty? MY MOMMY'S NAME IS PATTY!
adgthlover9 2 months ago
@adgthlover9 A lot of Irish names are both girl and boys names.
jacobwolf124 2 months ago
@jacobwolf124 like men having mary as a middle name
theboyoofoly 2 months ago
@theboyoofoly Which is mostly their mother's first name, yes.
jacobwolf124 2 months ago
@adgthlover9 Paddy not Patty Paddy is an Irish male name...
Jeffanos 2 months ago
@Jeffanos *face palm* dude/lady, i'm a freaking 11 year old...my teachers teach us NOTHING about this stuff, you really expect me to know that? and please don't do that ever..it just decreases my enthusiasm and confidence.
adgthlover9 2 months ago in playlist U.SA 2
@adgthlover9 well, then take it as you learn something new everyday, and continue on with redoubled enthusiasm. as you said, you are only 11, you still have much to learn, look beyond what you teachers tell you, for they are unlikely to give you the whole picture.
ImperialGuard322nd 2 months ago
@ImperialGuard322nd They never really do...
adgthlover9 2 months ago
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the united states was formed on ''agreement between different states'' and therfore no one state should have had the right to keep another in the union if that state wanted out, same as today with the EU if ireland or spain wants out then the rest of the european union has no right to stop them as they came together for economic reasons same with the united states it was formed primarily for economic might against england back in 1781
shiptech2k9 2 months ago
ya irish ,britain,and america the best places in the world :)
pie11527 2 months ago
@pie11527 Yeeeep.
adgthlover9 2 months ago
(confused_ So like.. my family decends from Kentucky, which during the civil war was a southern state, but I live in Ohio now. So..i don't know if i should be northern or southern. (I'd much like to be northern)
adgthlover9 2 months ago
@adgthlover9
Lincoln was from Kentucky too, and many Kentuckians fought for the Union. You've got every right to identify with the North.
fearlessfred14 2 months ago
@fearlessfred14 :D
adgthlover9 2 months ago
"A foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without cruelty, a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices, a private citizen without wrong, a neighbour without reproach, a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile. He was a Caesar, without his ambition, Frederick, without his tyranny, Napoleon, without his selfishness, and Washington, without his reward."
-Benjamin Harvey Hill on General Robert E. Lee
CM99501 3 months ago 2
Thanks guys. While you were fighting each other Sir John A. had time to form a country.
scrimshank1 3 months ago
I wish we brits had come into the American civil war, the world would be a better place with the United States of America.
GuyLyddonable 3 months ago
THE UNION IS FALLING TIME TO ATTACK CONFEDERATESS!!
JV22ism 3 months ago
@JV22ism, Shut up traitor.
holmesbinton 3 months ago
@holmesbinton haha... You calling me a traitor?? How about you, huh? A Northern gay faggot? Union men are oppressors...... That's why our men Fought back. Idiota. papatayun ku ikaw. haha
JV22ism 3 months ago
@holmesbinton They have called us rebels and traitors,
But themselves have thrown off that name of late.
They were called it by the English invaders
At home in the eve of ninety eight
The name to us is not a new one though,
Tis one that shall never degrade
JV22ism 3 months ago
@JV22ism Called Whom rebel traitors? You cant be a traitor, Your Country says "Philippines". What are you talking about?
holmesbinton 3 months ago
@holmesbinton Your such a kill joy. haha ^^
SMART ASS!! XD
JV22ism 3 months ago
@JV22ism, I look at the Identity of the Person I talk to. lol
holmesbinton 3 months ago
@holmesbinton hahaha.. ^_^
JV22ism 3 months ago
@JV22ism oh pipe down ya redneck rabble rouser and listen to the song. ;D
bh5496 3 months ago
@bh5496 Nice^^ haha
JV22ism 3 months ago
It wasn't about slavery, it was about MONEY...Duel Banking System.
I will NOT FIGHT MY BROTHER.....NEVER!
Didn't we learn our lesson?
Lowell Lee Morse
LLMorse1 3 months ago
@LLMorse1 no, not yet. haha
JV22ism 3 months ago
may the uion fall
TheNiceguy929 3 months ago
@TheNiceguy929 Coming from the kentucky-fried south, that's something. If we ever get back into war, I hope we have someone just like Sherman.
theatergeek1001 3 months ago
im related to david kincaid
ChristianSnipers 3 months ago
Yeah!! we'll fight for U,S
petermorrison13 3 months ago 24
Love it!
Russki308 3 months ago
34 people are confederates!!
JV22ism 3 months ago
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Frodojo111 3 months ago
so were they mercs or what?
AyeOkNowFuckOff 3 months ago
whiskey in the jar?
i donno, but this song is nice!
thank you.
greeting from Hun-land/Hungary/Xiongnu-land.
Tao1519 3 months ago
@Tao1519 There's 10,000 Irish songs and only 1,000 Irish tunes ;)
Paganwarrior2000 3 months ago
@Paganwarrior2000 Nice! :) Nowadays Hungarians have ~500,000 folk songs. At the time when we came to East-Center Europe from the Center of Asia we had more, just we forgot them.. xD
And how big is Germany. There are 70 million germans.. they have 2000 folksongs.. from Tirol, jodel / jodli..
And they try to kill East... funny. what do they want... they aren't a folk..
Tao1519 3 months ago
Im lost in all this mess.... who the fuck were the irish fightin for in this war?.
AyeOkNowFuckOff 4 months ago
@AyeOkNowFuckOff Both the US and CSA fielded Irish units.
panamajack7X 3 months ago
@AyeOkNowFuckOff 180,000 fought for the Union, 40,000 fought for the Confederacy.
aguyfromTennessee 3 months ago
send dem yanks straight to hell,Confederate Pride
jackasskidzify 4 months ago
@jackasskidzify You first you God damn rebel, USA FOREVER!
aguyfromTennessee 3 months ago
@aguyfromTennessee why you insultin the confederacy,your from tennessee,by the way,Confederate Forever
jackasskidzify 3 months ago
You are all talking about how the north attacked the south becuase of slavery but its wrong the war was about cotton taxes what would have starved.And north wanted to take away souths freedom abd add it to union but its wrong because dixie has it's own heritage and culture the north union took away a little country's freedom.I am not and rebel or confederate but damn i'm sure not an yankee who kills others to get 300 dollars thumbs up if you agree!
ihaten1ggas 4 months ago
you fight for your old man, we'll fight for the hard working, strong, and brave Johnny reb!
PresidentDRCI 4 months ago
HE LEAD US INTO A GLORY HOLE!!
Paxoz 4 months ago in playlist Videoklipp som favoritmarkerats av Paxoz
un segundo esa es una version de wiskey in the jar
LeonardoYN 4 months ago
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Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; will learn from Northern school books their version of the War; will be impressed by all the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors, and our maimed veterans as fit subjects for derision. -General Pat Cleburne, CSA
50TNCSA 4 months ago
Irish blood and proud of it! Faugh-ah-Balluagh!!!
CAPace09 4 months ago
the confederacy only fought to end taxes the south had 30% of the population in america and supplyed 80% of the unions tax money the south fought for the same reson that we fought in the revilution but they didnt win becouse the north was bigger and industrialized. and dont point the racist card the genral of the union had slaves till the 13th amendment. the blackes were treted equil or better in the military then the whites while the union treted them badly. dont say i got it mixed up.
TheCooKiwiKlan 4 months ago
@TheCooKiwiKlan The Confederacy fought to preserve slavery. The Cornerstone speech, the South Carolina declaration of secession, and Confederate Constitution make this explicitly clear. The statements of southern leaders and people impeach them.
It wasn't til after the war ended that southerners tried to say the rebellion was about states' rights, yet the only states' right they could ever refer to was slavery. (Which isn't a state's right, it's an individual one.)
JohnnyC133 4 months ago
@JohnnyC133 the civil war was about north's cotton tax too.because of the tax southerns had to get more slaves and make more profit for living.So acculy the north cause the war.And another thing the north's reason to attack rhe south because of the shooting at that port was false info it was a reason to get more troops and lie about the south.So please red even one history book before you right comments that aren't true.
ihaten1ggas 4 months ago
@ihaten1ggas Fort Sumter was a U.S. federal fort that the Confederacy opened fire on first when Abraham Lincoln attempted to send in provisions. The Confederacy fired first, they started the war.
The North taxed the south...okay, so what? The tax was passed by the U.S. Congress which has the power under the Constitution to do so. If the south disagreed, they could disagree through Congress rather than by shattering the Union. So you need to research history and learn to spell before commenting
JohnnyC133 4 months ago
@JohnnyC133 Yep
XXGDUBSXX 4 months ago
@JohnnyC133 The North over taxed the South because the South wanted to trade out of the U.S. so the U.S. taxed them with large taxes and tariffs. The North also wanted internal improvements sponsored by the federal government. This was more roads, railroads, and canals. The South, on the other hand, did not want these projects to be done at all.
AUG351 3 months ago
@AUG351 The South already traded outside the U.S., with Britain and France being their main customers for cotton. The North levied the taxes to protect northern industries which would be destroyed by a lack of internal commerce from the South.
The North liked the idea of improving the nation, the South didn't. Is that supposed to be a point in their favor?
But once again, secession was unnecessary in a republican-style government, where the South could have protested the tax in Congress.
JohnnyC133 3 months ago
@JohnnyC133 Both of you are full of shit. This war was about slavery. Slavery is wrong. Deny it all you want.
SheikhTaqiyyameister 3 months ago
@SheikhTaqiyyameister If you had taken ten seconds to look back at my previous arguments, you'd see I'd already made that point and presented evidence to prove it.
Now shut the fuck up.
JohnnyC133 3 months ago
@SheikhTaqiyyameister Wrong, and almost right. The war started over state's rights, then progressed to war on slavery after the emancipation proclamation. Slavery was just one many issues between the north and south.
P0rnWizard 3 months ago
@P0rnWizard the confederate constitution makes a rather big deal about protecting slavery
1991Historybuff 3 months ago
@1991Historybuff Not to mention the South Carolina declaration of secession and the Cornerstone Speech.
JohnnyC133 3 months ago
@P0rnWizard Actually lincoln only gave the emancipation proclamation to free the slaves in the states who were in rebellion... and that was only done to keep the british out of the war. because the british had outlawed slavery before this time and that made the war about slavery.
tr230023 3 months ago
From Maryland so don't know which to press
gaikokugo1 4 months ago
the only reason the north won they had more irish
50TNCSA 4 months ago
@50TNCSA, Nope! The Irish Brigade Failed Miserably... :/ The North Had the Powers of Uncle Sam! Thats why the Unites States Won!
holmesbinton 4 months ago
northern people drink soda and get fat
soldier2975 4 months ago
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If Britian would of won the Rev War it would of been about Slavery.
mollymu1 4 months ago
God bless the Union and UNITED states of AMERICA!
ghoststrider45 4 months ago 10
@ghoststrider45 Fuck you. God bless the Confederate and the confederate states of america
JV22ism 3 months ago
I guess I'm both,I'm from Kentucky I love em both too don't hate one when we're brothers,old Abe wouldn't what us to hate one.
jacobwolf124 4 months ago
i had 2 people fight in this war 1 union and 2 confederates southeners died and the union hero live.
thekingcody456 4 months ago
any one got the chords of the song?
ORaddlyispissedoff 4 months ago
this is to the tune of whiskey in the jar
zephyrboy96 4 months ago
im from ireland i was born and partly raised there but i found out that my great grandfather fought for General McCellan in the irish brigade before he moved back to County Cork
ThePersianlover 4 months ago 8
The American Civil War was indeed a war that split families...in my family there's a story that one cousin went to fight for the rebels and another for the Union...that was the last time the two thought they would see each other...turns out that the union cousin's unit took prisoners after a battle among whom was his rebel cousin...On the union cousin's suggestion to his commander, the rebel cousin was allowed to go back home...
I guess blood is thicker than gunpowder... :)
WARORK93 5 months ago
Anyone that knows the Civil War knows that the English back the south until the Emancipation Proclimation. The English had some good business with the South and even sent troops to Canada as a precaution that they could take advantage of the situtions.
gray19801 5 months ago
@gray19801 I think it is a bit of a stretch to say that British support for the Confederacy was anything but cursory. Some factions within HM Government supported the Confederacy, but the Queen and the broader British public would not have stood for a pro-slavery intervention. The only way the British would have come on board would have been a vast change of policy, a bad incident at sea, or when the Confederacy seemed sure to win.
ajferet 4 months ago
@ajferet I will give you that but from what I have read over the years is that the Brits had a good trade with the south more so than the north. Also one of the reason the Emancipation Proclimation was signed was because the Brits would not support any government that had slaverly. Most of what was considered the western states, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa Minnesota, Wisconsin, etc did not care one bit about the slavery issue for the most part as they were rural.
gray19801 4 months ago
@ilovetowank88 You are correct as many a German immigrant fought for the north. We fight with Mitz Siegel was there cry.
gray19801 5 months ago
My moms dad was Irish my dads was german and her mom was Scotish and his mom was Scandivia. So i am 25% Irish German Scottish Scandivia 100% American
drakesons 5 months ago
for what did you fight fellows? for Uncle Sam or for Rothschilds or for whites becoming minority ?
MrExorcist7 5 months ago
26th MASS!!
iamlost2 5 months ago
I'm American and proud of my Irish Heritage.
zjohnson2814 5 months ago 2
@zjohnson2814 im 50% dane 25% irish 25% german, and my girlfreind is an american whit danish irish german herritage, ironic.
gunnerthedenmark 5 months ago
@zjohnson2814 : Same here
Dan4CW 5 months ago
Uncle Same - a fictitious character. You are gonna fight for a make believe person? Might as well since all the "virtues" you are told you are fighting for are just lies, Lies, LIES. Just look at what "Uncle Sam" has done to himself. Look at the mess the USA is in. THAT is what the Yanks were fighting for. And all those "freed slaves"? Look where their descendants are now - in the ghetto selling crack, robbing, raping, killing, and the rest are in prison. & in the WHITE HOUSE? MULATTO
YambidiBlamBlam 5 months ago
@YambidiBlamBlam Help me out here - are you someone with honest concerns about how the US has drifted away from its values, or just a random racist?
Ocelllian2 5 months ago
What VALUES? I"m talking about REAL honest values, not the crap about "Truth, Justice, Liberty, Freedom, and Democracy that we are force fed from day 1. Rote Slogans reflect no more truth than the sound bytes so effectively used nowadays. Human nature does not change. I'm sure the Romans talked about how they were some kind of beacon of light and hope for civilization. It's all JIVE.
YambidiBlamBlam 5 months ago
@YambidiBlamBlam and the whole counrtys full of fake people who still choke down all the slogan/ sound bites& other fecal matter those in power feed them
budzin303 5 months ago
@YambidiBlamBlam it's really not fair to blame all black men for the actions of a select few, in Washington state for every black man hooked on drugs or locked up there's at least white men in the same boat. most around here actually join the military.
theboyoofoly 5 months ago
@YambidiBlamBlam heck ya, any more we are just as bad as rus.,we have no honor and freedom,we steal from other countries and kill dictators who we dont even know,only difference between us and rus. is in russia ur killed if the goverment doesnt like u,here u are indefinatly detentioned,and ur totaly right about blacks,this country would be much better off if the south won, suprised it isnt the black party house.. yet. i wish we had a true u.s.a where the gov is just and the right thing is done
trippletrain77 5 months ago
I had ten family memers who fought in the 49th new york infantry regiment they stood by uncle sam and so have i
RussianUSMC 5 months ago
Thumbs up if you had family on both sides. (Dont thumbs up... just say'n ;)
Gamer0900 5 months ago
This is SUCH a catchy song!!! LOVE IT!!!
GMYellowstone 6 months ago 2
Union Forever!!
SoulBuyer155 6 months ago 50
@SoulBuyer155 Totally agree!!
blackmist411 6 months ago
Thanks for making this video; not enough songs immortalizing the Union Army and all the men who fought in it.
Respect to the Irish Brigade and all the other REAL Americans who fought to "save the stripes and stars".
Viking838 6 months ago 4
Love it! God bless the Union and all the Northern sons sacrificed themselves to preserve it.
obach16 6 months ago 2
WE WERE BEATEN BUT NOT BROKEN!!!! the spirit of Independence and freedom still live on in VIRGINIA!!
zyzor 6 months ago
God Bless the South God bless my home state of Virginia!!!!! NO I'm not promoting the confederacy or any of that or slavery, I am proud of our state's heritage and our involvement in the Civil War. Southern Pride!!!!!
zyzor 6 months ago
fuck this shit go south
southerncountryboy98 6 months ago