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Irish-American Catholics served on both sides of the American Civil War (1861–1865) as officers, volunteers and draftees. Immigration due to the Irish Great Famine (1845–1852) had provided many thousands of men as potential recruits although issues of race, religion, pacifism and personal allegiance created some resistance to service.
John Patrick Riley (also known as John Patrick O'Riley; Irish: Seán Pádraig Ó Raghallaigh) (c. 1817 – 10 October 1850) was an Irish soldier in the British Army who emigrated to the United States and subsequently enlisted in the United States Army.
Major-General Robert Ross (1766 – 12 September 1814) was an Irish officer in the British Army who served in the Napoleonic Wars and its theatre in North America in the War of 1812. Ross joined the British Army in 1789.
This is a list of notable Irish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American-born descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is Irish American .
William Whitley was the son of Solomon Whitley and Elizabeth Barnett, Presbyterian Scottish or Scots-Irish immigrants from Carrickfergus, Ireland (in what is today Northern Ireland and was then the Ulster Plantation) who settled in Augusta County, Virginia. He was the oldest of four sons and is thought to have had five sisters as well.
In “Plentiful Country,” historian Tyler Anbinder uses bank records to paint a new picture of the 1.3 million people who fled to the US when famine hit Ireland.
The famous Irish American meal of corned beef and cabbage was developed by Irish immigrants in the U.S., who adapted it from the traditional Irish recipe for bacon and cabbage. [300] Irish beer such as Guinness is widely consumed in the United States, including an estimated 13 million pints on Saint Patrick's Day alone.
William Caldwell (c. 1750 – 20 February 1822) was an Irish-born military officer and colonial official in the British Indian Department.He fought against the Patriots in the American Revolutionary War, especially with Butler's Rangers, based near upstate New York.