Erin's Hope: The Voyage of the Irish Rebellion's One-Ship Armada

by Tom Walsh

Book Overview

In the spring of 1867, with the new underwater cable bringing word to America of a rising throughout Ireland, the New York-based Fenian Brotherhood decides to make good on a long-standing commitment to provide military aid to its counterpart in Ireland, the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Experienced Union Army officers -- Civil War veterans of the Federal Army's Irish Brigades -- become cargo, along with thousands of long-stockpiled weapons and millions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503283577
• ISBN13: 9781503283572
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"