Confederate Irish in the Civil War

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IB043P Erin Go Gray! An Irish Rebel Trilogy  Ed Gleeson
Explores the careers of some more conventional Irish Rebel leaders and men as well as some very distinctive mavericks.  Paper.  148 pp. 
Bookguy price  $14.95

IB045 Irish Rebels, Confederate Tigers. A History of the 6th Louisiana Volunteers  
James Gannon
This front line Louisiana unit from the Army of Northern Virginia was involved in the thick of the fighting in the East in virtually every battle.  In addition to the battles and marches, we learn who these men were, where they came from, how they were raised for service, and the importance of their Irish heritage to their lives and belief systems.  Hardcover.  388 pp.  
Bookguy Price $32.95
 

IB003   The Confederacy's Fighting Chaplain: Father John B. Bannon.  
Phillip Tucker.
Biography of a daring Irish priest who brought the Bible and his own resourcefulness to the battlefield and the diplomatic field. The story also chronicles the forgotten Irish immigrants of the Confederacy. Cloth. 272 pp.  
Bookguy price  $37.95  out of print. two copies left in-stock.

IB042P Stonewall of the West.  Patrick Cleburne & The Civil War  Craig L. Symonds
An Irishman by birth, Cleburne emigrated to the U.S. in 1849 at the age of 21.  He was admired by peers and subordinates alike for his leadership, loyalty, honest, and fearlessness in the face of enemy fire. Paper.  328 pp.   
Bookguy price  $11.87

 

IB040H A Meteor Shining Brightly:  Essays on Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne  ed by M.P. Joslyn
Seven writers and historians provide eleven essays on diverse topics, including the influence of his Irish background on his decision to fight for the South; his proposal to enlist slaves; relations with staff; provocative examination of his strategy and command skills; and the poignant but tragic romance cut short by his untimely death at the Battle of Franklin.   Hardcover. 378 pp.  
Bookguy price  $29.95

IB040H A Meteor Shining Brightly:  Essays on Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne  ed by M.P. Joslyn
Seven writers and historians provide eleven essays on diverse topics, including the influence of his Irish background on his decision to fight for the South; his proposal to enlist slaves; relations with staff; provocative examination of his strategy and command skills; and the poignant but tragic romance cut short by his untimely death at the Battle of Franklin.   Hardcover. 378 pp.  
Bookguy price  $29.95

IB011 Pat Cleburne, Confederate General.  Purdue.  
Irish born "Stonewall Jackson of the West" biography. Hardcover. 443 pp. Bookguy price  $42 out of print. one left.

IB014 Cleburne & His Command.  Buck.
Cleburne is described as the Irish "Stonewall Jackson" of the West. He was killed in the Battle of Franklin, Tenn. in 1864. Hardcover. 378 pp.  Out of print.  Only one left
Bookguy price  $42