[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.

[DiogenesLamp]

The great Irish Famine was 1841 to 1852.

I think the consequences of it lingered for quite some time thereafter. That fungus never went away. 1860s Ireland was not a happy place. Too much death.