Ural, Susannah J.

The harp and the eagle Irish-American volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 / [electronic resource] : Susannah Ural Bruce. - New York : New York University Press, c2006. - xiii, 309 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-292) and index.

"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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






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


Irish American soldiers--History--19th century.
Irish Americans--History--19th century.
Catholics--History--United States--19th century.


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


Electronic books.

E540.I6 / B78 2006

973.7/410899162