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The green and the gray : the Irish in the Confederate States of America
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- Creator
- David T. Gleeson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2013
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781469627243, 9781469607566, 146961250X, 1469607565, 1469607573, 9781469607573, 9781469612508
- OCLC
- ocn830206243, ocn856519228
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-296) and index.
- 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
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.