The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 (Susannah Ural Bruce - UA) wax seal vice president under Ronald Reagan

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and even friends of their enslavers

he thinks of the time when the battles will be over and when he can treat only blisters and boils

issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoting the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1865

the lawyerAbraham Lincoln wrote a note to his best friend

The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 (Susannah Ural Bruce - UA) wax seal vice president under Ronald Reaganby 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