Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861–1865 (Damian Shiels - UA) Smith and newspapers of the day

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He won distinction despite the fact that he was assailed by jealous superior officers (West Point Engineers) as a mere “soldier of fortune

veterans continued to honor their comrades

all under enemy fire

offering “a fresh

Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861–1865 (Damian Shiels - UA) Smith and newspapers of the dayby 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