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'I am very uneasy to know if my husband is alive or dead': Memorial highlights Irish in US civil war
Over 35,000 Irish died in the US Civil War, many at one of the war's most notorious prison camps which now hosts a memorial to them. New research reveals the desperation of their lives and deaths