In September of 1861, Thomas Meagher began recruiting Irishmen to form a new Irish brigade. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day (known in Gaelic as Lá Fhéile Pádraig, i.e. “the Day of the ...

The Northwest Montana Westerners, a local history group, celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a look at Montana's Territorial Governor and Civil War general Thomas Meagher.