Becoming American under fire : Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era / / Christian G. Samito.
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | x, 305 p. :; ill. |
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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.