[DiogenesLamp]

It is my understanding that many Irish who were fleeing the famine were grabbed coming off the boat and pressed into Union service.

They were sent to fight people who had done them no wrong by the Government which supposedly didn't believe in slavery.

[DoodleDawg]

It is my understanding that many Irish who were fleeing the famine were grabbed coming off the boat and pressed into Union service.

The great Irish Famine was 1841 to 1852.