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The harp and the eagle : Irish-American volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865

Title
The harp and the eagle : Irish-American volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 / Susannah Ural Bruce.
Author
Ural, Susannah J.
Publication
New York : New York University Press, c2006.

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xiii, 309 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
IKC 07-136
ISBN
  • 0814799396 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780814799390 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 081479940X (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780814799406 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2006016125
  • 9780814799390
  • 9780814799406
OCLC
69992214
Author
Ural, Susannah J.
Title
The harp and the eagle : 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.
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9780814799390
9780814799406
Research Call Number
IKC 07-136
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