Reviews of Irish Rebels - Confederate Tigers

"James P. Gannon, a former Wall Street Journal editor fascinated with the role of Irish immigrants in the Confederate army, takes his place with other distinguished military historians by adopting and even improving upon this classic literary form. . . .This is careful history, backed by more than 100 pages of notes, individual biographies and source material. . . meticulous research."
-- The Washington Times

"James Gannon makes this unit come alive. The book is that rare work which combines the prose of a good novel with the solid research of a piece of classic history. . . .The reader will be transported back to that most horrific of American trials. These long ago sons of Erin would be very proud of Mr. Gannon."
--The Shreveport Times

"Irish Rebels, Confederate Tigers, is the first study ever undertaken of the 6th Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, one of the fighting Louisiana Tiger regiments. . . Gannon's book is one of the best I've ever seen on the history of a Civil War regiment. The listing of members is a great research aid for any family historian.A beautiful hardcover volume."
--Baton Rouge Advocate

Irish Rebels, Confederate Tigers "is a poignant, serious and entertaining military history about a gritty, tenacious, largely Irish regiment from New Orleans that fought in almost every major battle in the War Between the States.Gannon's intense and thorough research is impressive."
--Columnist Angus Lind in The Times-Picayune

"Irish Rebels, Confederate Tigers is a first-rate regimental history. There was no published history of the unit so the author had to dig hard and long to come up with many scraps of material to put this work together. He writes a smoothly flowing narrative..You get to know the men and care what happens to them. The battle narrations are clear and concise, supplemented with a lot of first-rate maps."
--The Civil War News