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Author:

Bruce, Susannah Ural.

Title:

The harp and the eagle : Irish-American volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 / Susannah Ural Bruce.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiii, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Participation, Irish American.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Irish American.
United States.--Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Irish American soldiers--History--19th century.
Irish Americans--History--19th century.
Catholics--United States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-292) and index.

Contents:

"An Irishman will not get to live in this country" : the Irish in America, 1700-1860 -- "Remember your country and keep up its credit" : volunteering for Ireland and America -- "We are slaughtered like sheep, and no result but defeat" : the decline of Irish-American support for the war in 1862 -- "The Irish spirit for the war is dead! absolutely dead!" : battles raging in the field and at home, 1862-1863 -- "Hordes of Celts and rebel sympathizers" : the decline and consequence of Irish-American support for the war -- "Father was a soldier of the Union" : Irish veterans and the creation of an Irish-American identity.

ISBN:

081479940X
9780814799406
0814799396
9780814799390
9780814799406 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081479940X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814799390 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814799396 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006016125

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)