Becoming American under fire : Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era

Becoming American under fire : Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era / Christian G. Samito.

In Becoming American under Fire, Christian G. Samito provides a rich account of how African American and Irish American soldiers influenced the modern vision of national citizenship that developed during the Civil War era. By bearing arms for the Union, African Americans and Irish Americans exhibite...

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Main Author: Samito, Christian G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Irish American soldiers > History > 19th century.
African American soldiers > History > 19th century.
Irish Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 19th century.
Citizenship > United States > History > 19th century.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
African American soldiers
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Citizenship
Irish American soldiers
Military participation > African American
Politics and government
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States
History
Electronic resource.
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