St. Patrick Battalion by davidrovics published on 2012-05-04T10:24:16Z The San Patricios -- the international brigade you've probably never heard of (half a century before the Spanish Civil War). This version is from Live in Rostrevor (2016) with Lorna McKinnon on harmonies. Genre Folk & Singer-Songwriter Comment by maybenotg Love it 2019-07-22T04:21:53Z Comment by Gareth Greene why did you change the song? the original post was better ( in my opinion ) but still a great song 2018-08-26T20:58:39Z Comment by Larkworthy By order of Gen. Winfield Scott, 30 San Patricios were to be executed at Chapultepec in full view of the two armies who had fought there, at the precise moment that the flag of the U.S. replaced the flag of Mexico atop the citadel. This order was carried out by Col. William Harney. While overseeing the hangings, Harney ordered Francis O'Connor hanged even though he had had both legs amputated the previous day. When the army surgeon informed the colonel that the absent soldier had lost both his legs in battle, Harney replied: "Bring the damned son of a bitch out! My order was to hang 30 and by God I'll do it!" The U.S. flag appeared on the flagpole at 9.30 a.m. The Mexican flag had been taken, according to legend, by cadet Juan Escutia to his death after leaping with it from Chapultepec Castle to deny the Americans the honor of capturing it. In a final act of defiance, the men about to be hanged cheered the Mexican flag, as one onlooker remarked; "Hands tied, feet tied, their voices still free". At Harney's signal, the carts holding the tied and noosed men pulled away. 2013-09-13T19:26:58Z