Becoming American under fire [electronic resource] : Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era / Christian G. Samito.
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TextPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2009.Description: x, 305 p. : illSubject(s): - 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
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Irish American
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
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- E540.I6 S25 2009eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The crisis of citizenship in the 1850s -- The question of armed service -- African Americans in arms -- Equal rights and the experience of military justice for African American soldiers -- Irish Americans in arms -- African Americans and the call for rights -- The affirmation of naturalized citizenship in America -- The affirmation of naturalized citizenship abroad -- Epilogue: the legacy of national citizenship in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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