Lynch and Carroll were grandsons of Irishmen. and Whipple and Hancock were of Irish descent. Irishmen. too. were Members of the First American Congress and were among the framers of the Constitution. They commanded brigades and regiments in the struggle for independence and their numbers were high in the ranks of Washingtons army. It has often been sai(" that America was lost by England as a result of the Irish emigrants who came to these shores. The Mexican War found the Irish. with Generals Shields and Sweeney as outstanding figures. In the Civil War. the Irish proved themselves good citizens. ready to shed their blood in defense of American liberty.
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