Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Crisis of Citizenship in the 1850s 13
6. 2. The Question of Armed Service 26
7. 3. African Americans in Arms 45
8. 4. Equal Rights and the Experience of Military Justice for African American Soldiers 77
9. 5. Irish Americans in Arms 103
10. 6. African Americans and the Call for Rights 134
11. 7. The Affirmation of Naturalized Citizenship in America 172
12. 8. The Affirmation of Naturalized Citizenship Abroad 194
13. Epilogue: The Legacy of National Citizenship in the Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction 217
14. Notes 237
15. Works Cited 275
16. Index 293