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

Author: Gleeson, David T.
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]
Copyright Date: ©2013
Physical Description: xiii, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Civil War America (Series)

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.

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ISBN

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

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-296) and index.

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