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Titel:The green and the gray
the Irish in the Confederate States of America
Von: David T. Gleeson
Person: Gleeson, David T.
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Hauptverfasser: Gleeson, David T. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 2013
Schriftenreihe:Civil War America
Civil War America (Series)
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Why did many Irish Americans, who did not have a direct connection to slavery, choose to fight for the Confederacy? This perplexing question is at the heart of this sweeping analysis of the Irish in the Confederate States of America. Taking a broad view of the subject, it considers the role of Irish southerners in the debates over secession and the formation of the Confederacy, their experiences as soldiers, the effects of Confederate defeat for them and their emerging ethnic identity, and their role in the rise of Lost Cause ideology
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (307 pages)
ISBN:146961250X
9781469612508