THE IRISH BRIGADE And Its Campaigns: With Some Account Of The Corcoran Legion, And Sketches Of The Principal Officers

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Edité par Gaithersburg MD. no date (1989) facsimile reprint of the 1867 original edition., 1989

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white & green illustrated (harp on cover) full cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. faint erasure spot on dedication page, otherwise contents free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first printing (NAP) of this facsimile reprint of the 1867 original edition. 599p. index. american history. american civil war. ~ "The first shot fired by the Southerners on Fort Sumter blew away all chances of compromise, and the war spirit burst forth. The Irish people in New York, and throughout the Northern States, were not slow in declaring for the Union and volunteering for its defence. I believe the second regiment to leave New York for the defence of the National Capital was Colonel Corcoran's Sixty~ninth Irish regiment, which was soon followed by Meagher s Zouaves and other Irish organisations. The Irish felt that not only was the safety of the great Republic, the home of their exiled race, at stake, but also, that the great principles of democracy were at issue with the aristocratic doctrines of monarchism. Should the latter prevail, there was no longer any hope for the struggling nationalists of the Old World. The Irish soldier did not ask whether the coloured race were better off as bondsmen or freedmen ; he was not going to fight for an abstract idea. He felt that the safety and welfare of his adopted country and its glorious Constitution were imperilled ; he, therefore, willingly threw himself into the breach to sustain the flag that sheltered him when persecuted and exiled from his own country, the laws that protected him, and the country that, like a loving mother, poured forth the richness of her bosom to sustain him." from the preface.…

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Titre
THE IRISH BRIGADE And Its Campaigns: With Some Account Of The Corcoran Legion, And Sketches Of The Principal Officers
Auteur
Conyngham, Capt. D.P.
Éditeur
Gaithersburg MD. no date (1989) facsimile reprint of the 1867 original edition.
Année de publication
1989
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Langue
anglais
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0942211391
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780942211399
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