- Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 309 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- Harp and the eagle (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Harp and the eagle (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-292) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2006016125
- OCLC
- ssj0000168973
- Author
Ural, Susannah J.
- Title
The harp and the eagle [electronic resource] : Irish-American volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 / Susannah Ural Bruce.
- Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c2006.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-292) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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