Title Civil War Citizens : Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in America's Bloodiest Conflict

Published New York : NYU Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (249 pages) Contents Introduction; 1 Yankee Dutchmen: Germans, the Union, and the Construction of Wartime Identity; 2 "With More Freedom and Independence Than the Yankees": The Germans of Richmond, Charleston, and New Orleans during the American Civil War; 3 "Ye Sons of Green Erin Assemble": Northern Irish American Catholics and the Union War Effort, 1861-1865; 4 Irish Rebels, Southern Rebels: The Irish Confederates; 5 The Jewish Confederates; 6 Native Americans in the Civil War: Three Experiences; 7 The African American Struggle for Citizenship Rights in the Northern United States during the Civil War About the ContributorsIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W Summary At its core, the Civil War was a conflict over the meaning of citizenship. Most famously, it became a struggle over whether or not to grant rights to a group that stood outside the pale of civil-society: African Americans. But other groups--namely Jews, Germans, the Irish, and Native Americans--also became part of this struggle to exercise rights stripped from them by legislation, court rulings, and the prejudices that defined the age. Grounded in extensive research by experts in their respective fields, Civil War Citizens is the first volume to collectively analyze the wartime experiences of Analysis America Anglo-Saxon Citizens Civil Grounded Protestant book citizenry dominant effort experiences experts extensive fields first gather into lived nineteenth-century outside populations research respective their together wartime white Notes Print version record Subject Minorities -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877) Immigrants -- Social conditions Military participation -- African American Military participation -- German American Military participation -- Immigrant Military participation -- Indian Military participation -- Irish American Military participation -- Jewish Minorities -- Social conditions Social aspects SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Immigrant. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002404 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, German American United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Irish American United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Jewish. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140258 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Indian United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780814785737 0814785735 9780814785713 0814785719

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