"In sober dignity": the Irish Brigade, ethnicity, and the Irish Catholic temperance movement in the Civil War era.

This study shows how Irish Catholic temperance groups challenged nativist stereotypes towards Irish immigrants. Irish Americans used abstinence to achieve a respectable reputation among native-born Americans in the Civil War era. By linking Civil War service with the temperance efforts of Irishmen w...

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Published in:	American Nineteenth Century History Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 125 - 142
Main Author:	Smithmyer, Abbi
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd August 2022
Subjects:	Civil war Ethnicity Temperance International law Revolutions
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost