The green and the gray the Irish in the Confederate States of America / David T. Gleeson.

Author/creator Gleeson, David T.
Format Book
PublicationChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2013.
Descriptionpages cm.
Subjects
Confederate States of America. Army--History.
Irish American soldiers--Confederate States of America. --History.
Irish Americans--Southern States. --History. --19th century.
Immigrants--Southern States. --History. --19th century.
Irish Americans--Southern States. --Social conditions. --19th century.
United States--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865. --Participation, Irish American.

SeriesCivil War America
Civil War America (Series) ^A325557
Contents Introduction: the fighting Irish -- Reluctant secessionists: the Irish, southern politics, and the birth of the Confederacy -- Irish rebels, southern rebels: the Irish join the Confederate Army -- Faugh a ballagh! (clear the way!): the Irish in the Confederate Army -- Hard times: the Irish on the home front -- For God, Erin, and Carolina: Irish Catholics in the Confederacy -- Another "lost cause": the Irish after the Confederacy -- Conclusion: ambiguous Confederates.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013009241
ISBN9781469607566 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1469607565 (cloth : alk. paper)

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