When the Continental Congress decided to declare independence from
the British empire in 1776, ten percent of the population of their
fledgling country were from Ireland. By 1790, close to 500,000
Irish citizens had immigrated to America. They were was very active
in the American Revolution, both on the battlefields and off, and
yet their stories are not well known. The important contributions
of the Irish on military, political, and economic levels have been
long overlooked and ignored by generations of historians. However,
new evidence has revealed that Washington's Continental Army
consisted of a far larger percentage of Irish soldiers than
previously thought between 40 and 50 percent who fought during some
of the most important battles of the American Revolution.
Romanticized versions of this historical period tend to focus on
the upper class figures that had the biggest roles in America's
struggle for liberty. But these adaptations neglect the impact of
European and Irish ideals as well as citizens on the formation of
the revolution. Irish contributors such as John Barry, the
colonies' foremost naval officer; Henry Knox, an artillery officer
and future Secretary of War; Richard Montgomery, America's first
war hero and martyr; and Charles Thomson, a radical organizer and
Secretary to the Continental Congress were all instrumental in
carrying out the vision for a free country. Without their timely
and disproportionate assistance, America almost certainly would
have lost the desperate fight for its existence. Skyhorse
Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a
broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about
World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK
assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American
Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the
old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a
New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are
committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to
authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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