Title The green and the gray : the Irish in the Confederate States of America / David T. Gleeson.

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Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2013.

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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 307 pages).
Series	Civil War America
	Civil War America.
	Civil War America (Series)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
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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 Cause ideology.
Subject	Confederate States of America. Army -- History.
	Confederate States of America. Army.
	Confederate States of America. Army. (OCoLC)fst00539981
	American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
	Irish American soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- History.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Irish American.
	Irish Americans -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
	Immigrants -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
	Irish Americans -- Southern States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
	HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
	Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
	Irish American soldiers. (OCoLC)fst00978930
	Irish Americans. (OCoLC)fst00978933
	Irish Americans -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00978951
	Military participation -- Irish American. (OCoLC)fst01353732
	Southern States. (OCoLC)fst01244550
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	United States -- Confederate States of America. (OCoLC)fst01205435
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Gleeson, David T. Green and the gray. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2013 9781469607566
ISBN	9781469612508 (electronic bk.)
	146961250X (electronic bk.)

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