Vermont's Irish Rebel
Vermont's Irish Rebel
By: William L. McKone
Published by Brewster River Press, 2010-08-06
This book explores the life of Captain John Lonergan, an Irishman born in Ireland and raised in Vermont. Lonergan formed Vermont's only ethnic unit -- his "Irish Company"--To fight for the Union in the Civil War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg. This book also describes the circumstances that brought his family to America and his life after the Civil War as a Fenian radical.
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