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Author:

Gleeson, David T.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xiii, 307 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Irish American soldiers--Confederate States of America--History.
United States--Participation, Irish American.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Irish American.
Confederate States of America.--Army--History.
Irish Americans--Southern States--History--19th century.
Immigrants--Southern States--History--19th century.
Irish Americans--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.

Notes:

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.

Series:

Civil War America

ISBN:

1469607565 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781469607566 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)830206243

LCCN:

2013009241

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)