TY - BOOK AU - Samito,Christian G. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Becoming American under fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era AV - E540.I6 S25 2009 U1 - 973.7/415 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Irish American soldiers KW - History KW - 19th century KW - African American soldiers KW - Irish Americans KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - African Americans KW - Citizenship KW - United States KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Participation, Irish American KW - Participation, African American KW - Politics and government KW - 1861-1865 KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The crisis of citizenship in the 1850s -- The question of armed service -- African Americans in arms -- Equal rights and the experience of military justice for African American soldiers -- Irish Americans in arms -- African Americans and the call for rights -- The affirmation of naturalized citizenship in America -- The affirmation of naturalized citizenship abroad -- Epilogue: the legacy of national citizenship in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3138248 ER -