Erin Go Gray! : An Irish Rebel Trilogy

Not one to be satisfied with mundane histories, in two previous books Irish Confederate historian Ed Gleeson focused on atypical fighting units in the Confederate army: the Tenth Tennessee in Rebel Sons of Erin, and Company G of the Fifteenth Tennessee in Illinois Rebels. Erin Go Gray! explores the careers of some more conventional Irish Rebel leaders and men as well as some very distinctive mavericks. The author's essays cover the careers of Brigadier General Joseph Finegan and Father Abram J. Ryan, and in groups, the Middle, West, and East Tennessee Irish Confederates. The vignettes in this book are characterized by both the sound scholarship and welcome Irish wit which are Glesson's hallmarks. Book jacket.