The harp and the eagle : Irish-American volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 /
Bruce, Susannah Ural.
New York ; London : New York University Press,
c2006.
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.
United States. Army
Irish American soldiers
Irish Americans
Catholics