| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 307 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Civil War America
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Civil War America.
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Civil War America (Series)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
Why did many Irish Americans, who did not have a direct connection to slavery, choose to fight for the Confederacy? This perplexing question is at the heart of this sweeping analysis of the Irish in the Confederate States of America. Taking a broad view of the subject, it considers the role of Irish southerners in the debates over secession and the formation of the Confederacy, their experiences as soldiers, the effects of Confederate defeat for them and their emerging ethnic identity, and their role in the rise of Lost Cause ideology. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Confederate States of America. Army -- History.
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Confederate States of America. Army. |
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History. |
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Confederate States of America. Army. |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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Irish American soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- History.
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Irish American soldiers. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Irish American.
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Irish Americans -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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Irish Americans. |
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Southern States. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Immigrants -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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Immigrants. |
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Irish Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gleeson, David T. Green and the gray. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2013 9781469607566 |
| ISBN |
9781469612508 (electronic book) |
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146961250X (electronic book) |
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9781469607566 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1469607565 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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