Episode 16 - Irish-Americans and the Civil War

American History Too! is back for a new semester and we’re examining the Irish-American experience of the Civil War (1861-1865).  To help us delve into this vast and interesting topic is the University of Edinburgh’s Catherine Bateson.  Cat guides us through Irish immigration to North America, the different military and civilian roles played by Irish-Americans during the war, and some of the music that emerged from the Irish-American experience of the young nation’s most brutal conflict. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed listening to Cat while recording it.  Thanks again to all of our listeners; we are humbled to be nearing the 10,000 listens landmark in our first year of podcasting. As always if you have any questions or feedback then please get in touch at @ahtoopodcast or [email protected]  We’ll be back next month to discuss the fascinating Scopes trial of the 1920s. Cheers, Mark and Malcolm Reading List David T. Gleeson, The Green and the Gray: The Irish in the Confederate States of America (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013) Christian G. Samito, Becoming American Under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship During the Civil War Era (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2009). Damian Shiels, The Irish in the American Civil War (Dublin: The History Press Ireland, 2013) Christian McWhirter, Battle Hymns: The Power and Popularity of Music in the Civil War (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2012) Kerby A. Miller, Ireland and Irish America: Culture, Class, and Transatlantic Migration (Dublin: Field Day, 2008) Paul Quigley, Shifting Grounds: Nationalism and the American South, 1848-1865 (New York: OUP, 2012) Susannah J. Ural, The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 (New York: New York University Press, 2006) Susannah J. Ural, (ed.), Civil War Citizens: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in America’s Bloodiest Conflict (New York: New York University Press, 2010) Irish in the American Civil War: Exploring Irish Involvement in the American Civil War, http://irishamericancivilwar.com/ Britain and the American Civil War, British Library online gallery exhibition, http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/uscivilwar/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices