The Irish at Gettysburg by Phillip Thomas Tucker

When the Civil War erupted, Irish immigrants and Irish Americans on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line answered the call to arms. Nowhere was their courage and sacrifice more dramatically displayed than at the Battle of Gettysburg.

The famed Louisiana Tigers charged into battle with their defiant cry, "We are the Louisiana Tigers!" Irish soldiers serving in the Alabama and Texas Brigades launched fierce assaults against the Union position at Little Round Top. Later, during Pickett's Charge, Irishmen found themselves fighting fellow Irishmen as the determined soldiers of the 69th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry repelled the Irish troops of the Virginia Brigade in one of the defining moments of the Civil War.

In this compelling account, author Phillip Thomas Tucker brings to life the remarkable story of the Irish soldiers whose loyalty, valor, and sacrifice shaped the outcome of America's most pivotal battle.