A dose of Irish, among other things

Posted on March 17, 2008 by cenantua

This is a bit off track from the Civil War memory line of writing, but bear with me and I’ll get back to that.
I couldn’t help but post about Irish ancestry today. Yes, I suppose one could say it’s one of those “ancestral obsession days.” Many of those who have Irish ties go crazy and [...]

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More puzzlements over Civil War “memory”

Posted on March 8, 2008 by cenantua

I’ve written about how I am puzzled over the way that those with no familial connections whatsoever have found ”sympathetic connections” with one side or another in the Civil War. I’ve also written about how a person, descended from a Union soldier, had been left with a legacy of forgotten family participation in the war. However, today, I [...]

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