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minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months ago[off topic] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick's_Battalion St. Patrick’s Battalion. A lot of Irish immigrants were recruited to fight against the Mexicans. They got to Mexico and realized they liked the Catholic Mexicans better than the Protestant Americans [who reminded the Irsih of their English oppressors.]
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoSt Patrick’s brigade is one of my favorite historical errata that I think would make a phenomenal series.
[off topic]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick's_Battalion
St. Patrick’s Battalion.
A lot of Irish immigrants were recruited to fight against the Mexicans.
They got to Mexico and realized they liked the Catholic Mexicans better than the Protestant Americans [who reminded the Irsih of their English oppressors.]
St Patrick’s brigade is one of my favorite historical errata that I think would make a phenomenal series.