Note 'Tis Meagher and his fellows! — Chapter IV
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Page 449. 'Tis Meagher and his fellows. Brigadier-General Thomas F. Meagher commanded the second brigade of the first division of the right grand division. It was called the "Irish Brigade," and Meagher himself had organized it. After Chancellorsville, it was so decimated that it was incorporated with other regiments.