Given the historical intolerance of Catholicism in the south (and I know
I'm generalizing here) it seems logical. Especially since that the Irish of
the south were probably not "just off the boat" like many in the north and
had likely assimilated the protestant religions of the south. I think a
survey of the population today would yield support, with most
Irish-Americans in the south being of protestant faith and most in the
north being Catholic. I would be interested in seeing some numbers though
if anyone has any.

David Ward


At 09:02 AM 9/20/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Folks interested in this subject may want to check out this link:
>
>http://irishculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa052701a.htm and
>http://irishculture.about.com/cs/reenactment/index.htm
>
>These have to do with Irish units on both sides during the Civil War.
>
>On a related note, I once heard a writer state at a lecture that the Irish
>units
>of the Confederacy were mostly raised with Protestant recruits, while those of
>the Union were mostly Catholic.  Any ideas on the validity of this argument?
>
>John Maass
>UNC-Greensboro
>
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