Irish American Civil War songs : identity, loyalty, and nationhood / Catherine V. Bateson.

"During the American Civil War, approximately 200,000 Irish-born soldiers and sailors fought for both the Union and, to a much lesser extent, the Confederacy. They were involved in every major engagement. In "Irish American Civil War Songs," Catherine V. Bateson examines songs written by Irish Ameri...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Conflicting worlds.
Main Author: Bateson, Catherine V. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2022]
Series:Conflicting worlds.
Subjects:
Irish Americans > Music > 19th century > History and criticism.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Music and the War.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, Irish American.
Irish American soldiers > History > 19th century.
Irish American soldiers.
Irish Americans > Music.
Military participation > Irish American.
Music and war.
United States.
1800-1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Genre:
Music
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Irish music and songs in mid-nineteenth-century America
  • The production of Irish American Civil War songs
  • Battlefield balladry
  • Lyrical cultural identity
  • Fenian sentiments and Irish nationalism sympathies
  • Lyrical expressions of wartime politics
  • Irish American loyalty and identity in Civil War songs.