Bibliography: Books

This books, which discusses the interaction of Americans in the Canadian military and Canadians in the American military, deals only briefly with the subject of Canadians who served in the Civil War, and therefore is little more than a good introduction to the subject.

This work was published in 1906.

Peter Welsh was the color Sergeant with the 28th Massachusetts; he was born in Charlottetown, PEI on June 30, 1830. (thank you to Aidan O'Hara for bringing this to my attention.) The upper book is the paperback, the lower the hardcover.

Irish Green and Union Blue: The Civil War Letters of Peter Welsh, Color Sergeant, 28th Massachusetts

Irish Green and Union Blue: The Civil War Letters of Peter Welsh, Color Sergeant, 28th Massachusetts

This work was published in 1927

Calix Lavallée composed the score to what would later become the Canadian national anthem. As a young man, he went to Rhode Island to study and while there enlisted with the 4^th Rhode Island Infantry as a musician.

This work was published in 1927.

In Armageddon's shadow is a thorough and highly detailed stody of the Maritime provinces during the Civil War years. The book covers the political, social and economic consequences that the war had only the region. Mention is also made of a number of Maritimers who participated in the war. The upper book is the paperback, while the lower is the hardcover; both are reasonably priced.

In Armageddon's Shadow: The Civil War and Canada's Maritime Provinces

In Armageddon's Shadow: The Civil War and Canada's Maritime Provinces

This book mainly contains information on the military life of Montreal between 1862 and 1864, when various British regiments were stationed in the city in case of hostilities with the United States. Included, however, are several accounts of British officers visiting the both the Northern and Southern states as observers.

This book was just recently published and anyone wishing more information can contact Mark Vinet through his web site [here]

This is the authoritative book on Canadian and American relations during the Civil War era. Winks is one of the few to deal with this issue, and he does it in fine fashion. There is an excellent section on the nature of Canadian involvement in the war, which is essentially an updated version of his essay from 1958, "Creation of a Myth" which appeared in the Canadian Historical Review. I highly recommend this book to all those who want an indepth understanding of not only Canadian involvement in the war, but the geoplotical context as well. The upper book is the paperback, while the lower is the hardcover (which is considerably more expensive).

The Civil War Years: Canada and the United States

The Civil War Years: Canada and the United States

----------------------------------- Other Titles of Interest: Regimental, Brigade Histories & Memoirs

Commanding Boston's Irish Ninth