The true story of the St. Patrick Battalion, a group of Irish soldiers enlisted to fight in the Mexican-American War. When they are persecuted for their Catholic faith by the U.S. Army, fellow compatriot Sergeant John Riley leads them in a desperate escape across the border into enemy territory, where they must convince a rebel leader to let them fight against the US to...

The Irish Soldiers of Mexico sold out four editions in English and two editions in Spanish from 1997 to 2001. It has been the basis of an MGM feature film and two documentaries; it has also been used in many history classes both in the United States and abroad. Includes new historical material such as the location of what purported to be a death certificate for John Riley...

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.S. 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...

The musical souls of two nations, Ireland and Mexico, are movingly brought to life in San Patricio, the latest international collaboration by six-time Grammy winners The Chieftains - the leading practitioners of Irish traditional music for the past four decades. The album features multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Ry Cooder, another multiple-Grammy winner, who...

Civil War. Black and white photographs throughout the book. In this intensively researched and carefully detailed study, listed in Civil War Magazine as among the one hundred best books on the Civil War, Joseph T. Glatthaar examines the devastating Savannah and Carolinas campaigns from the perspective of the common soldiers in Sherman's army, seeking, above all, to understand...