Tag: Philadelphia
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USS Carondelet Spotlight: Reconstructing Individual Lives-Irish Immigrant James Carey
Our first post on Civil War Bluejackets sought to demonstrate how the muster rolls allow for a detailed look at the often hard to reach experiences of formerly enslaved African Americans. They also provide a similar opportunity with working class European immigrants. Given that March marks Irish American Heritage Month in the United States, we decided to take a…
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