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The green and the gray : the Irish in the Confederate States of America / David T. Gleeson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gleeson, David T.
- Series:
- Civil War America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irish American soldiers--Confederate States of America--History.
- Irish American soldiers.
- Irish Americans--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Irish Americans.
- Immigrants--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Immigrants.
- Irish Americans--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Irish American.
- United States.
- Confederate States of America. Army--History.
- Confederate States of America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (324 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Green and the Gray: The Irish in the Confederate States of America
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908795-4-7
- 979-88-9313-194-9
- 1-4696-0757-3
- 1-4696-1250-X
- OCLC:
- 856519228
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