Irish confederates : the Civil War's forgotten soldiers / Phillip Thomas Tucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Confederate States of America. Army.

Irish Americans.

History.

Irish American soldiers.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Irish American.

United States.

Irish American soldiers--Confederate States of America--History.

Confederate States of America. Army--History.

Confederate States of America.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

Regimental histories.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Irish Americans--Southern States--History--19th century.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

127 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Abilene, Tex. : McWhiney Foundation Press, McMurry University : Distributed by Texas A & M University Press Consortium, [2006]

Summary:

Contemporary Civil War scholarship has brought to light the important roles certain ethnic groups played during that tumultuous time in our nation's history.

The axiom that the winners of wars write the histories is especially valid in regard to the story of the Irish who fought for the Confederacy from 1861-1865. Throughout the course of the Civil War, Irish Confederates made invaluable contributions to all aspects of the war effort. Yet, the Irish have largely been the forgotten soldiers of the South. In Irish Confederates: The Civil War's Forgotten Soldiers, author Phillip T. Tucker illuminates these overlooked participants.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Irish Rebels of the Tenth Louisiana Clash with the Irish Brigade at Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862 40

Chapter 2 Irish Confederates from Georgia Helped Defend Burnside's Bridge at Antietam, September 17, 1862 47

Chapter 3 The Celtic-Gaelic Brothers' War: The Twenty-fourth Georgia Meets the Irish Brigade at Fredericksburg 54

Chapter 4 Irishmen of the First Missouri Confederate Brigade at the Battle of Champion Hill, Mississippi, May 6, 1863 165

Chapter 5 The Irish Rebels of the Fifteenth Alabama Infantry Storm Little Round Top, July 2, 1863 77

Chapter 6 Irish and Southern Nationalism Merge During "Pickett's Charge" and at the "High Water Mark of the Confederacy" July 3, 1863 87

Chapter 7 The Rebel Sons of Erin of the "Davis Guard" Rise to the Challenge at Sabine Pass 95

Chapter 8 Celtic-Gaelic Rebels of the Tenth Tennessee Infantry Regiment of Volunteers (Irish) 101.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [111]-116) and index.

ISBN:

1893114538

9781893114531

OCLC:

69992212