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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1135829208 Title: The green and the gray : the Irish in the Confederate States ofAmerica Author: David T Gleeson Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2013. ISBN/ISSN: 1469607573 146961250X 9781469607573 9781469612508 OCLC:1135829208

  
  

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The green and the gray : the Irish in the Confederate States ofAmerica

Author:	David T Gleeson
Publisher:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2013.
Series:	Civil War America (Series); Civil War America.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	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 Causeideology.  Read more...
Subjects	Confederate States of America. -- Army -- History. Immigrants -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century. Irish American soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- History. View all subjects
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