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Irish Green and Union Blue: The Civil War Letters of Peter Welsh

Lawrence Kohl

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This rare epistolary collection from the Civil War era preserves, amidst a recounting of the martial actions of the Irish Brigade, Peter Welsh's reflections on migration, citizenship, and what we owe to our institutions in an era of prejudice and discrimination.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Fordham University Press
  • Publish Date: Jan 1st, 1986
  • Pages: 170
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.04in - 5.89in - 0.55in - 0.74lb
  • EAN: 9780823211647
  • Categories: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)MilitaryLetters

About the Author

Kohl, Lawrence: - Lawrence Frederick Kohl is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and series editor of the Irish in the Civil War.

Praise for this book

Very seldom does one come across so inspiring a volume. . . . It belongs in every Irish-American library. . . . Anyone with an interest in the Civil War and/or the history of the Irish in America should own a copy of this very fine work.-- "--Irish Edition"