The democrat “historians” leave out the presence of the Tsar’s naval vessels in NY Harbor and in San Franscisco though the democrats still try to associate the Republican party with “Russia, Russia”. It’s a genetic narrative inherited from 1863.
They also leave out the fact that the Union Navy shelled downtown NYC against the draft riots. Bombardment. Because the inner workings of Tammany supported supported the Union, while also, supporting slavery. The Gangs of New York (the book, not the movie) documents the diaspora of the Gangs and the politics of the day. Irish came off the ships as immigrants and quickly drumhead drafted into the Union Army. Really quite something. Southern Irish wondered why they were shooting their “own” (and blamed the Brits, from 1778)
They also leave out the fact that the Union Navy shelled downtown NYC against the draft riots.
Wow... did not know that! And I’ll check out that Gangs of New York book. As an aside, a lot of the men who died with Custer were new arrival Irish.
A Tom Cruise movie “Far and Away” paints a picture of what it meant to be Irish immigrating to America. From a tough life in Ireland, to very tough New York, and then on into the west.