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Author: James Alexander Thom
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ISBN: B007T994Q6

St. Patrick Battalion

They were proud and doomed, Irish rogue cannoneers under a green silk banner, fighting against their former comrades-in-arms to defend Catholic Mexico against the invading U. Get St. Patrick Battalion literature books for free.
. Army. Their choices were to win, die in battle, or hang as deserters. To the Mexicans they were heroic saviors, but they were seen as despicable traitors by the West Point officers who faced their grapeshot and cannonballs on every major battlefield Matamoros to Mexico City. Survivors of the Irish battalion's deadly gunnery would later lead armies against each other in Civil War, many of them - Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Braxton Bragg - ironically deemed the same sort of traitors. This astonishing true tale from an almost forgotten war is told through the eyes Check St. Patrick Battalion our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

St. Patrick Battalion Download

. Army. Their choices were to win, die in battle, or hang as deserters. To the Mexicans they were heroic saviors, but they were seen as despicable traitors by the West Point officers who faced their grapeshot and cannonballs on every major battlefield Matamoros to Mexico City This astonishing true tale from an almost forgotten war is told through the eyes

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