American History Too!

American History Too! is back for a new semester and we’re examining the Irish-American experience of the Civil War (1861-1865).  To help us delve into this vast and interesting topic is the University of Edinburgh’s Catherine Bateson.  Cat guides us through Irish immigration to North America, the different military and civilian roles played by Irish-Americans during the war, and some of the music that emerged from the Irish-American experience of the young nation’s most brutal conflict. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed listening to Cat while recording it.  Thanks again to all of our listeners; we are humbled to be nearing the 10,000 listens landmark in our first year of podcasting. As always if you have any questions or feedback then please get in touch at @ahtoopodcast or ahtoo@outlook.com  We’ll be back next month to discuss the fascinating Scopes trial of the 1920s. Cheers, Mark and Malcolm Reading List David T. Gleeson, The Green and the Gray: The Irish in the Confed