The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 (Susannah Ural Bruce - UA) brass Stanton rushed to Lincoln’s deathbed

Stanton rushed to Lincoln’s deathbed and took over the government since Secretary of State William Seward had been critically wounded the same evening

Wynstra draws on sources heretofore unexamined

This book is the story of how those soldiers were cared for in a town of 2

Wherever the Constitution empowered direct federal action―in the western territories

Provost marshals fanned out across Virginia and beyond

The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 (Susannah Ural Bruce - UA) brass Stanton rushed to Lincoln’s deathbedby 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