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1. Which of these men was NOT a brigade commander during the war?
2. At the first major battle of the Civil War two legends were born, as the Irish Brigade charged Henry House Hill where Stonewall Jackson earned his nickname. Where did this battle take place?
3. The Irish Brigade is noted for never losing one of its flags in battle.
4. Father William Corby ,the chaplain of the 88th New York, left a professorship to serve with the Catholic Irish. Most noted for his pre-battle absolution at Gettysburg, he returned to which Midwest school where he served as president?
5. At Fredricksburg the heroic charge of the Irish Brigade so impressed one Confederate general wrote home "why, my darling, we forgot they were fighting us, and cheer after cheer at their fearlessness went up all along our lines." What famous Virginian was it?
6. The last Union General to die in battle at one time led the Irish Brigade.
7. The Irish Brigade spent most of the war attached to the Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Coincidentally, the Corps badge was shaped like what?
8. The idea of an Irish Brigade was nothing new. Irish units had fought under many different flags for generations. Which of these nations is NOT known to have employed Irish troops?
9. At Fredericksburg the Fighting Irish found an unguarded ford on the Rappahannock River which if used the entire battle could have been avoided.
10. Whenever there was bloody fighting ahead the Fighting Irish were called upon. Like Bloody Lane at Antietam or the Wheatfield at Gettysburg the Muleshoe was no exception. At which battle would we find the Muleshoe?
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