The Germans of Charleston, Richmond and New Orleans during the Civil War Period, 1850-1870 : : A Study and Research Compendium / / Andrea Mehrländer.

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• VerfasserIn: Mehrländer, Andrea ,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (442 p.)

Dieser Titel ist die erste Monographie zur Rolle der deutschen Bevölkerungsminderheit in den Südstaaten im Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg. Sie stellt heraus, dass die Deutschen durchaus an den Kämpfen beteiligt waren und der Sklaverei weitgehend positiv gegenüber standen. In einer vergleichenden Analyse werden die deutschen Milizen, Wortführer, Konsuln, Blockadebrecher und Unternehmer der Städte Charleston, Richmond und New Orleans vorgestellt. Der Anhang enthält eine umfangreiche Übersicht zu Primär- und Sekundärquellen, u. a. ein tabellarisches Verzeichnis über die Angehörigen der ethnisch-deutschen Militäreinheiten mit Namen, Herkunft, Rang, Beruf, Einkommen und Sklavenbesitz. Das Werk eignet sich als Archivführer für weitere einschlägige Arbeiten durch Historiker, Militärforscher und Genealogen.

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 German civic leaders, businessmen, militia officers and blockade runners in Charleston, New Orleans and Richmond, it reveals a German immigrant population which not only largely supported slavery, but was also heavily involved in fighting the war. A detailed appendix includes an extensive survey of primary and secondary sources, including tables listing the members of the all-German units in Virginia, South Carolina and Louisiana, with names, place of origin, rank, occupation, income, and number of slaves owned. This book is a highly useful reference work for historians, military scholars and genealogists conducting research on Germans in the American Civil War and the American South.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Foreword by Robert N. Rosen -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- I. The <Period of the Great German-American Symbiosis>: Immigration & Settlement, 1820 to 1860 -- II. In the Land of Masters and Slaves: The Urban South as the New Home of German Immigrants -- III. Know-Nothing Nativism in Richmond, New Orleans, and Charleston in the 1850’s: the Dress Rehearsal for 1861 -- IV. The Antebellum Militias of South Carolina and Virginia up to December 1860: Organization and Significance -- V. Goliath and his Pygmies: the German Antebellum Militias in New Orleans -- VI. The Military Participation of the Ethnic German Minority in Charleston, Richmond, and New Orleans (1861–1865) -- VII. Anaconda & Martial Law: The Germans of the Confederacy in the Stranglehold of the Enemy -- VIII. The First Phase of Reconstruction, 1865–1870: a New Beginning for the Ethnic German Minority -- Conclusions -- Bibliography and Sources -- Appendix A: Ethnic German Companies of South Carolina -- Appendix B: Ethnic German Companies of Virginia -- Appendix C: Ethnic German Companies of Louisiana -- Appendix D: Co -- List of Tables -- List of Illustrations -- Index