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Green and the Gray: The Irish in the Confederate States of America

Title The green and the gray [electronic resource] : The Irish in the Confederate States of America / David T. Gleeson.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press
Manufacture Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE
Creation Date 2013
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-296) and index.
English
Content 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.
Series Civil War America
Extent 1 online resource (324 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2013.
National Library system number 997010700556905171
MARC RECORDS
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