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True Sons of the Republic European Immigrants in the Union Army

Martin W. Öfele

Book Code: C8422

ISBN: 0-275-98422-2

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98422-9

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240 pages, photos

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 2/28/2008

List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Reflections on the Civil War Era

Description: Up to 500,000 Union soldiers, or one fourth of the Union army, had been born in Europe. These immigrants had left their home countries for a multitude of reasons, mostly economic and political. In the United States, they envisioned a country of freedom that would allow them to pursue their goals of acquiring wealth and participating in politics. Soon immersed in the great debate over the expansion of slavery, many immigrants found themselves forced to take sides and eventually rallied around the Union flag. Ethnic Americans joined the Northern army out of the same motivations as their native-born comrades, with one notable difference. By defending the Union, immigrant volunteers hoped to tear down nativist obstruction against their assimilation into society and prove their worth as full citizens. Declaring their unconditional loyalty, several groups entered into veritable competitions to raise separate regiments that would defend not only the Union but ethnic and national pride. Through their high visibility within the army, those units became synonymous with the ethnic war effort. The conduct of noticeable organizations such as the Irish Brigade or the partly German Eleventh Army Corps shaped public notions of immigrant participation in the war for decades to come, notwithstanding the fact that the large majority of foreign-born soldiers served in mixed and predominantly native American regiments. These new Americans contributed substantially to Union victory.

Table of Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Nineteenth Century European Emigration: Poverty and Revolutions
Chapter 2: Immigrants in American Society, 1840-1860
Chapter 3: The Coming of the War
Chapter 4: Serving Their Adopted Country
Chapter 5: Ethnic Visibility in the Early War
Chapter 6: To Fredericksburg: Slaughter and Glory
Chapter 7: Chancellorsville to Missionary Ridge: Humiliation and Triumph
Epilogue: The Aftermath of War
Notes
Bibliographical Essay

LC Card Number: 2007044133

LCC Class: E540

Dewey Class: 973

PDF Catalogs:
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