Title
- Irish In The Civil War, 1044-5315 ; No. 6
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edited by Christian G. SamitoPublication Details
BookFordham University Press1998Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E513.5 9th .G85 1998 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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Christian Samito writes in his introduction: “In reading Guiney?s words, one can have a fuller appreciation of what motivated civilians to volunteer to fight a war and of the privations they suffered in service to their country.” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- Guiney, Patrick R. — (Patrick Robert), — 1835-1877 — Correspondence
- United States. — Army. — Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1864)
- Irish Americans — Massachusetts — Boston — Correspondence
- United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Personal narratives
- United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Participation, Irish American
- Boston (Mass.) — History — Civil War, 1861-1865
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- These are the collected Civil War letters of Patrick Robert Guiney, an Irish immigrant lawyer who volunteered for duty and rose to command the Ninth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment. An outspoken supporter of Lincoln and an opponent of slavery, Guiney was often criticized for his views by other Irish-Americans, some of whom tried, in vain, to derail his rise to command. These letters reveal a deeply affectionate husband and father who was, at the same time, a brave soldier, disciplined commander, and devoted advocate of the causes for which he fought
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- 0823218120
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