Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861–1865 (Damian Shiels - UA) tea the Declaration of Independence and

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Release date: March 7

Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861–1865 (Damian Shiels - UA) tea the Declaration of Independence andby Damian Shiels (Author), T. Michael Parrish (Series Editor) Damian Shielss Green and Blue explores Irish American service in the United States military by analyzing the written correspondence of ordinary rank and file soldiers drawn from across the Unions armed forces. Using a vast and largely untapped collection of letters penned by Irish American combatants to their families during the war, Shiels explains how these enlisted men navigated their