BLUE FOR THE UNION & GREEN FOR IRELAND

CONTENTS

3	INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
5	I.   THE FLAGS OF THE 63RD REGIMENT NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS, 1861-1865
16	II.   THE 63RD NEW YORK'S SECOND IRISH COLORS AT NOTRE DAME, 1896-1999
18	III.   THE CONSERVATION OF THE SECOND IRISH COLORS AT DAME, 2000,       by Nancy L. Hanson, Curator of Exhibits, University of Notre Dame Archives
24	IV. HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, 1861-1865 24   Introduction 24   1861-1865 -- Flags in the Military Service 26   1861 -- The Irish Brigade 27   November 7, 1861 -- David's Island, New York City 29   April 1862 -- In the Lines Opposite Yorktown, Virginia 30   July 1862 -- Near Harrison's Landing on the James River, Virginia 31   September 17, 1862 -- Antietam, Maryland 32   December 2 1862 -- New York City 33   December 14, 1862 -- Fredericksburg, Virginia 35   December 20, 1862 -- New York City 36   February 5, 1863 -- New York City 37   February 11, 1863 -- Falmouth, Virginia 38   1863-1864 -- The New York Home Front 41   May 12, 1864 -- Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia 42   February 16, 1865 -- New York City 43   March 7, 1865 -- In the Lines Opposite Petersburg, Virginia 43   April 25, 1865 -- New York City 44   May 23, 1865 -- Washington, DC. 45   June 1865 -- Washington, DC., and Albany, New York 47   July 4, 1865 -- New York City 48   1865 -- The Irish Brigade
49	V.   HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, 1892-1998 49   1892 -- Brooklyn, New York 50   1896-1897 -- Washington, DC., Petersburg, Virginia, and Notre Dame, Indiana 52   November 1897 -- Administration Building, University of Notre Dame 52   March 4, 1914 -- Washington Hall, University of Notre Dame 53   March 17, 1933 -- University Library, University of Notre Dame 54   August 1943 -- Administration Building, University of Notre Dame 55   July 1, 1998 -- Hesburgh Llbrary, University of Notre Dame
56	Sources and Notes
60	Photo Credits