The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 (Susannah Ural Bruce - UA) davis driven by destiny and by

driven by destiny and by duty

commonly held notions about Gettysburg and Vicksburg as decisive turning points

that Holt should not be defined by what Southern sympathizers and proponents of the Lost Cause came to think of him

March 1865

losing much of the ironic and satiric meaning that he had intended

The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 (Susannah Ural Bruce - UA) davis driven by destiny and byby 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