The Green and the Gray - The Irish in the Confederate States of America

The University of North Carolina Press. New in New dust jacket. 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. 1469607565 . This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition with no discernible wear. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "While nine-out-of-ten immigrants who fought in the Civil War served in the Union army and navy, there were still many who lived in, and fought for, the Confederacy. David Gleeson’s recent The Green and the Gray: The Irish in the Confederate States of America is a scholarly study of the 20,000 Irish immigrants who fought for the Confederacy, as well as the civilian Irish who supported the secessionist cause. There was a large Irish community in New Orleans at the start of the war and smaller communities in several urban areas of the South. Irish in these enclaves enlisted in the Confederate army at rates similar to their native-born counterparts. However, Gleeson found that as the Confederacy began to collapse, the Irish were more likely than the native-born to abandon their Confederate identity and resume their place as United States citizens."; Civil War America Series; 6.5 X 1.25 X 9.5 inches; 328 pages .