The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 (Susannah Ural Bruce - UA) Sickles by Eric Wittenberg

by Eric Wittenberg

500 British and Hessian soldiers aboard a 265-ship armada sailing from New York

Eric Foner writes of Lincoln and the movement to colonize emancipated slaves outside the United States

Strasdin spent the next six years unraveling the secrets contained within the album's pages

The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 (Susannah Ural Bruce - UA) Sickles by Eric Wittenbergby Susannah Ural On the eve of the Civil War, the Irish were one of America's largest ethnic groups, and approximately 150,000 fought for the Union. Analyzing letters and diaries written by soldiers and civilians; military, church, and diplomatic records; and community newspapers, Susannah Ural Bruce significantly expands the story of Irish American Catholics in the Civil War, and reveals a complex picture of those who fought for the Union. While the