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Memoir of Andrew J. Byrne – Veteran of the American Civil War
by Andrew J Byrne
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 10th April, 2008
ISBN: 978-1-906018-39-9
Price: €20
In 1898, twenty years after he returned to Ireland for the last time, Andrew J. Byrne started writing his memoirs. Published for the first time, these memoirs tell the tale of an extraordinary Irish life and provide a unique contemporary record of pivotal moments in Irish, British and American history. In the author’s own words he tells of how he crossed the Atlantic Ocean eight times and accumulated ten years of broken military service in Uncle Sam’s army.
Wounded twice, imprisoned twice, married twice, twice an enlisted private (Uncle Sam’s army and john Bull’s militia) Andrew J. Byrne was also a member of the Fenian Brotherhood and worked in the building trade as a bricklayer in Ireland, England and the USA.
