I’m fourth generation Irish and my people fought for the Union. The South wanted to preserve slavery and fought a war to do so. Just like the Brits who fought wars to enslave people.
And now we are slaves to the "union" again. Freedom is in the Republic. The States. Not the Federal government, British or American.
Old Ben had three ancestors in the Union army — but though the South seceded to keep slavery, it did NOT start the war.
That happened when the North invaded.
I am tenth generation Irish, County Cork, and my people fought for the South. At Fredericksburg my Irish people probably fought your Irish people. Fortunately, we were behind the Stone Wall.
You might check and see if your people were forced to fight for the Union. They grabbed the Irish right off the boats and put them in a war against people who had done nothing to them. Talk about treating people sh*tty.
As for slavery, Lincoln was willing to preserve that, (see post above) but he wasn't willing to allow independence.
The damnyankees had slaves in the north all throughout and after the war. Try again.