An Irish Immigrants Story Free Essay, Term Paper and Book Report
February 21, 2006
A Little Piece of My Irish History
June 24, 1839 John Aloysius Bresnahan was born in County Kerry, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States. John married an American and fathered six children.
John Bresnahan was only one of the 961,719 Irish born living in the United States, according to the 1850 census. John fought to maintain the Union from 1861-1864 in Company "A" 27th Indiana Infantry.5 The majority of the Irish feared abolition because they thought the blacks would take their jobs, which were difficult to obtain. Despite these fears, upon the outbreak of the Civil War it was estimated that 170,000 Irish born men joined the Union Army, whereas only 40,000 enlisted in the Confederate Army.
Jane Elizabeth Bowman was born in County Antrim, Ireland in 1859. She was the first to immigrate to America on my father's mother's side. She had six children. Her husband also emigrated from Ireland. Jane left him several times due to his drinking. During one of their separations she was forced to put her children in an orphanage where her three year ......
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