TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ural,Susannah J.
TI  - The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 
SN  - 9780814799390
AV  - E540.I6 B78 2006
U1  - 973.7/410899162 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - New York University Press, 
KW  - Catholics
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Irish American soldiers
KW  - Irish Americans
KW  - HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Analyzing
KW  - Bruce
KW  - Civil
KW  - Irish-American
KW  - Susannah
KW  - Union
KW  - Ural
KW  - War
KW  - church
KW  - civilians
KW  - community
KW  - complex
KW  - diaries
KW  - diplomatic
KW  - expands
KW  - fought
KW  - letters
KW  - military
KW  - newspapers
KW  - picture
KW  - records
KW  - reveals
KW  - significantly
KW  - soldiers
KW  - story
KW  - those
KW  - written
N1  - restricted access
N2  - 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.While the population was diverse, many Irish Americans had dual loyalties to the U.S. and Ireland, which influenced their decisions to volunteer, fight, or end their military service. When the Union cause supported their interests in Ireland and America, large numbers of Irish Americans enlisted. However, as the war progressed, the Emancipation Proclamation, federal draft, and sharp rise in casualties caused Irish Americans to question-and sometimes abandon-the war effort because they viewed such changes as detrimental to their families and futures in America and Ireland.By recognizing these competing and often fluid loyalties, The Harp and the Eagle sheds new light on the relationship between Irish-American volunteers and the Union Army, and how the Irish made sense of both the Civil War and their loyalty to the United States
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