Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861–1865 (Damian Shiels - UA) tea thus deepening our understanding of

thus deepening our understanding of the roots of his political influence and acumen

Charlotte Turner is left to run the family farm and will lose more than she may be able to bear

William Tecumseh Sherman

The First took part in every significant battle and action in the war in the East from 1861 to 1864

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Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861–1865 (Damian Shiels - UA) tea thus deepening our understanding ofby 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