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IR IS H IMMIGRANTS JO IN UNION ARM'S

OveA 140,000 lA ls h ImmlgAants seAved In th e Union duAlng th e C i v i l C o lo n e ls
CoA.coA.an, M u llig a n and MeagheA A eeA uIted and le a d them . CoA.coA.an, In 1861, th e
69th Regt.NV M i lit ia w hich fou gh t at B u ll Run, he captuAed. In 1862 MeagheA
hoAmed th e lA lsh BAlgade In New VoAk, Aalstng R egim en ts. M u llig a n li v e d In Chicago
and Aalsed th e 23 Ad I l l i n o i s Regim ent. R e s p e c tiv e ly th ey d ie d In 1863, 1864, and 1867

Patniotic ’Soni o$ thin' Coven with pontna o| Mulligan Meagher.
WASHINGTON, DC MAR. J7.7862 doubie c UdeH61 3c Aiamp to coven.
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In 1862 CoA.coA.an was exchanged and AetuAnlng to New VoAk Aalsed moAe Aeglments fioAmtng
what came to be known as 'CoAcoAan’s Legion. Some ImmlgAants saw the A as the way to
Aecelve tAatntng to use tateA fighting &oa the ’ In against the B

Fighting

Coven lined at Headquantenn 'Conconan’n Ini legion’ ^o/t connenpondence.
Stamp tied by NEW VOPK SEP.2.1U2 duplex pontmank.

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