" Wasn't that the immigration policy of the 1860's"

Keith,

Yes sad but true, you are right, I also read the same story about the gun
of JEB Stuart. But remember the Irish were sort of known to lift a
glass of whiskey once in a while, LOL LOL...

Let it be known the Irish of the south didn't have it a whole lot better than
the lads of the north..

But the immigration policys of the 1860's carried on in the large northern
cities ( Chicago, St.Louis, New York etc.) up in to the 1930's & sometimes
later, even sometimes today..

Bob