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

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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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...

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Mehrländer, Andrea ,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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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

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