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Becoming American under fire Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era /

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Main Author: Samito, Christian G.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2009.
Subjects:
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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