A Damn Yankee, Am I? Thanks!: Portraits of the Irish in the era of the American Civil War

by Aidan O'Hara

The era of the American Civil War is assessed as being from the start of abolitionism in the 1830s, through the war itself and its aftermath. This fascinating book deals in detail with the Ireland the thousands of emigrants left at this time, their arrival in America, how they fared, and their involvement in the civil war and afterwards. Irish immigrants to the United States in the nineteenth century met with prolonged prejudice from native-born Americans...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1739599705
• ISBN13: 9781739599706
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Anam Communications
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"