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German Americans were one of the largest immigrant groups in the Civil War era, and they comprised nearly 10 percent of all Union troops. Yet little attention h
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German Immigrants, Race, and Citizenship in the Civil War Era
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This study reframes Civil War-era history, arguing that the Franco-Prussian War contributed to a dramatic pivot in Northern commitment to African-American right
The Germans in the American Civil War
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Authors: Wilhelm Kaufmann
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This singular account of an estimated 216,000 Germans, mostly newly-arrived immigrants and about 300,000 Americans of German descent, who served in the American
The Germans of Charleston, Richmond and New Orleans during the Civil War Period, 1850-1870
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This work is the first monograph which closely examines the role of the German minority in the American South during the Civil War. In a comparative analysis of