Irish Brigade at Fredricksburg

From the Movie Gods and Generals, music by Celtic Woman, "may it be."
U2, "MLK"

"In 1771 your founder Mr. Franklin spent three months in Ireland and Scotland to look at the relationship they had with England to see if this could be a model for America, whether America should follow their example and remain a part of the British Empire. Franklin was deeply, deeply distressed by what he saw. In Ireland he saw how England had put a stranglehold o Irish trade, how absentee English landlords exploited Irish tenant farmers and how those farmers in franklin's words "lived in retched hovels of mus and straw., were clothed in rags and subsisted chiefly on potatoes." Not exactly the American dream ... So instead of Ireland becoming a model for America, America became a model for Ireland." Bono, lead singer of U2

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[SnakeFang217]

The Irish Brigade has been a model for me. I am Mexican-American (born in U.S. my parents are not) and I too, want to protect and defend the Constitution of United States of America. So help me God!

[andythehun09]

Cant be an irish brigade,they havent resorted to murdering women and children with terrorism...how sorry i forgot..only actions against US citizens is terrorism

[815Sox]

@nobility85 You are correct, he entered the war to save the Union. However, he also stated that he would do anything that would save the Union. That included passing the Emancipation Proclamation. The EP also prevented the French and the British from intervening on behalf of the South. Slavery was illegal in most of Western Europe.

The war was about ending slavery from the start though. Davis called the EP the most "vile thing man has ever done. It was clear what rights the CSA fought for.

[TheMerman1989]

The purest moment of bravery seen during the war. A Union General watching from afar noted that the Union troops attempting to take Marye's heights were like melting snow landing on warm ground as they were cut down. At Pickett's charge six months later, one cry rose above the Union lines as the confederates advanced across open ground..."FREDERICKSBURG!, FREDERICKSBURG!, FREDERICKSBURG!"

[nobility85]

Also, please refer to the Federalist Papers #46- regarding to Madison's view on state militias and their defense against foreign and domestic tyranny.

[nobility85]

I make no excuses for slavery or southern aristocracy. You, on the other hand, make every excuse in the book for keeping a people subjugated to a "free" nation via force of arms. You also seem to think that slapping on a title of rebellion justifies Lincoln's aggression, suppression of the press, free speech, and right to habeas corpus. And, once again, i don't care what your victor's court says... if the south won, it would be a totally different story.

[nobility85]

Yes i do know what perpetual means.. Condescending prick. Just because you wish a government to be perpetual doesn't make it so; and you have still failed to tell me how that "perpetual" dream was to be enforced. (or the actual quote/ source) The founders and framers of the EU constitution envisioned a perpetual union, but i don't see them threatening member states with force of arms; and at least the USSR was willing to finally let go of member states that wanted out, unlike the US.

[PatrioticEagle50]

@nobility85 And yes, it is evidence. The Articles stated that this union was to be perpetual. Do you know what perpetual means? It means everlasting. When the constitution was formed, it also was meant to be everlasting. I can provide backup to my statements. And besides, have you read the CSA constitution? It took away states right that they had with the Union. the CSA constitution made it illegal for ANY state to abolish slavery.

[PatrioticEagle50]

@nobility85 Most of the north didn't want the south to succeed, and at least half the southerners didn't want it either. So when those states tried to leave, they went against the will of half the southern population. The supreme court, the highest court in the land and the intepreter of the constitution, rules seccession illegal. It constituted rebellion, and lincoln had every right to prevent the rebellion.

[nobility85]

Lincoln didn't go to war to end slavery.... and NE never succeeded- though the rest of the country thought they would, during the Hartford Convention of 1814. I still see no evidence that they had to stay in the union; this isn't the USSR.