![]() | The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 Subjects: United States -- History -- Civil War 1861–1865 -- Participation Irish American; United States. Army -- History -- Civil War 1861–1865; Irish American soldiers -- History -- 19th century; Irish Americans -- History -- 19th century; Catholics -- United; On the eve of the Civil War, the Irish were one of America's largest ethnic groups, and approximately 150,000 fought for the Union. Analyzing letters and diaries written by soldiers and civilians; military, church, and diplomatic records; and community newspapers, Susannah Ural Bruce significantly expands the story of Irish-American Catholics in the Civil War, and reveals a complex picture of those who fought for the Union. Ural Susannah J. : Susannah J. Ural is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi and a Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of War and Society. She is the author of The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 (NYU Press, 2006). |
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