and the grisly result was photographed by an immigrant from scotland, alexander gardener, spare it by fate it might be added, was the leader of the gang john wilkes booth who was killed by a trigger happy british immigrant boston corbett, under the command of an irish born captain. so this is just part of the story that you see continually appearing in the civil war era, because among his many other legacies, lincoln left us an amazingly diverse and inclusive america. in 1865, although it didn't become so without some violent pushback and resistance, admittedly. but in the end, nearly a quarter of and i can't believe i wrote the union army on ed bars day a quarter of the federal army spoke with a foreign accent official washington this town saw civil war diversity firsthand for first time in april 1861, when the 69th new york infantry under irish born colonel michael corcoran arrived here and set up camp on arlington heights. lincoln and william seward visited the right here in this town when the 37 new york, the so-called irish rifles encamped at the capitol building, lincoln paid an