Brendan C. Hamilton
@revoltedstates.bsky.social
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Writer, poet, and historian. Author of Year of Crows and Jerusalem Plank Road. American Civil War history geek. Associate editor at www.irishamericancivilwar.com
https://brendanchamilton.weebly.com
Writer, poet, and historian. Author of Year of Crows and Jerusalem Plank Road. American Civil War history geek. Associate editor at www.irishamericancivilwar.com
https://brendanchamilton.weebly.com
This is true but I’m still recovering (emotionally) from Domino’s Applespine
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
This is true but I’m still recovering (emotionally) from Domino’s Applespine
I am excited to announce that my article, "Willie Charlton: A New York Irish ‘Street Boy’ in the American Civil War" will appear in the forthcoming anthology, Childhood and the Irish: A Miscellany, ed. by @salvadorryan.bsky.social
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November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I am excited to announce that my article, "Willie Charlton: A New York Irish ‘Street Boy’ in the American Civil War" will appear in the forthcoming anthology, Childhood and the Irish: A Miscellany, ed. by @salvadorryan.bsky.social
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Women don't like the vehicle
October 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Women don't like the vehicle
1st LT Frank N. Sheets, aide-de-camp to Union Gen. Richard W. Johnson, was killed on this day in 1863 at the Battle of Chickamauga. Sheets left his hometown of Madison, IN in 1861 to enlist as a private in the 29th Indiana around the age of 15.
September 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
1st LT Frank N. Sheets, aide-de-camp to Union Gen. Richard W. Johnson, was killed on this day in 1863 at the Battle of Chickamauga. Sheets left his hometown of Madison, IN in 1861 to enlist as a private in the 29th Indiana around the age of 15.
@swordsjew.bsky.social Thank you! Please accept this photo of your book posed on an original Civil War NCO sword as a nerdy gesture of gratitude
September 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
@swordsjew.bsky.social Thank you! Please accept this photo of your book posed on an original Civil War NCO sword as a nerdy gesture of gratitude
Civil War era patriotic envelope (via Wisconsin Historical Society). #americancivilwar #history
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@djinnandtonic.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Civil War era patriotic envelope (via Wisconsin Historical Society). #americancivilwar #history
@djinnandtonic.bsky.social
@djinnandtonic.bsky.social
This is where I post from
July 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This is where I post from
A 1988 book review of The Art of the Deal published in the Tulsa World.
July 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A 1988 book review of The Art of the Deal published in the Tulsa World.
For context, consider that image-obsessed Trump was referred to as an "enigma" by the press on multiple occasions. In 1998, at a benefit for the Police Athletic League in which Trump was present, MC Larry King publicly called Trump an "enigma."
July 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
For context, consider that image-obsessed Trump was referred to as an "enigma" by the press on multiple occasions. In 1998, at a benefit for the Police Athletic League in which Trump was present, MC Larry King publicly called Trump an "enigma."
Remembering ancestor Felix Larkin on the anniversary of the horrific NYC Draft Riots of 1863. An Irish immigrant police officer from Desertmartin, County Derry, Larkin arrested a suspect in the lynching of a Black man on Clarkson Street.
July 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Remembering ancestor Felix Larkin on the anniversary of the horrific NYC Draft Riots of 1863. An Irish immigrant police officer from Desertmartin, County Derry, Larkin arrested a suspect in the lynching of a Black man on Clarkson Street.
For the anniversary of the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg, I explore the stories of four Black privates in the immigrant 39th New York Infantry (or "Garibaldi Guard"), who may have played a role in the repulse of Pickett's Charge:
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July 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
For the anniversary of the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg, I explore the stories of four Black privates in the immigrant 39th New York Infantry (or "Garibaldi Guard"), who may have played a role in the repulse of Pickett's Charge:
irishamericancivilwar.com/2025/07/03/b...
irishamericancivilwar.com/2025/07/03/b...
Whoever he was, this guy seems to be a rare example of a sailor climbing the ranks from enlisted to officer.
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June 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Whoever he was, this guy seems to be a rare example of a sailor climbing the ranks from enlisted to officer.
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And here in an alternate view miscaptioned as the "USS Agawam"
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June 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
And here in an alternate view miscaptioned as the "USS Agawam"
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Here he is carrying powder for the gun crew (as a "Powder Monkey")
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June 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Here he is carrying powder for the gun crew (as a "Powder Monkey")
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He appears in a few other images, including this one--as a Petty Officer (I think): www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...
June 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
He appears in a few other images, including this one--as a Petty Officer (I think): www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...
It’s the ICE Fugitive Operations insignia
June 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It’s the ICE Fugitive Operations insignia
Two other examples I saw in an image posted online. They’re not exactly the same as the insignia. I’m curious to learn what this signifies but I also don’t want to jump to any conclusions
June 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Two other examples I saw in an image posted online. They’re not exactly the same as the insignia. I’m curious to learn what this signifies but I also don’t want to jump to any conclusions
US Army PSYOPS insignia on the one guy’s hat?
June 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
US Army PSYOPS insignia on the one guy’s hat?
My son with his homemade sign in Indianapolis today, as a tartan-clad dude holds a US Marine Corps flag in the background
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June 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My son with his homemade sign in Indianapolis today, as a tartan-clad dude holds a US Marine Corps flag in the background
@maddow.msnbc.com
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One of the three flags carried by melting pot immigrant regiment, the 39th NY (“Garibaldi Guard”) in 1861 was an Italian tricolor emblazoned with “Dio e Popolo”—“God and People.” It was copy of the Roman Republic the flag that Garibaldi placed upon the battlements of Rome in 1849.
June 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
One of the three flags carried by melting pot immigrant regiment, the 39th NY (“Garibaldi Guard”) in 1861 was an Italian tricolor emblazoned with “Dio e Popolo”—“God and People.” It was copy of the Roman Republic the flag that Garibaldi placed upon the battlements of Rome in 1849.
Just putting this out there
June 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Just putting this out there