[lbo-talk] Stuff I Never Knew, Part MMMXXXXVVVIII

[Max B. Sawicky]

Abe Lincoln opposed the Mexican-American war, and a group of Irish
immigrants went over and

fought on the Mexican side.

 

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sacultura/88011542.html

 

Somebody wrote a song about it too.

 

http://lafiga.firedoglake.com/2010/03/17/for-st-patricks-day-the-st-patricks
-battalion/