 | Becoming American under Fire In Becoming American under Fire, Christian G. Samito provides a rich account of how African American and Irish American soldiers influenced the modern vision of national citizenship that developed during the Civil War era. By bearing arms for the... Christian G. Samito earned a law degree from Harvard Law School and a doctorate in American history from Boston College. He is the editor of Commanding Boston's Irish Ninth: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Patrick R. Guiney, Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry ; "Fear Was Not in Him": The Civil War Letters of Major General Francis C. Barlow, U.S.A. ; and Changes in Law and Society During the Civil War and Reconstruction: A Legal History Documentary Reader . He edits a series about the legal history of the Civil War era, teaches at Boston College and Boston University School of Law, and practices law in Boston. |
