Civil War citizens : : race, ethnicity, and identity in America's bloodiest conflict / / edited by Susannah J. Ural.

• TeilnehmendeR: Ural, Susannah J.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

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...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Yankee Dutchmen
• 2. “With More Freedom and Independence Than the Yankees”
• 3. “Ye Sons of Green Erin Assemble”
• 4. Irish Rebels, Southern Rebels
• 5. The Jewish Confederates
• 6. Native Americans in the Civil War
• 7. The African American Struggle for Citizenship Rights in the Northern United States during the Civil War
• About the Contributors
• Index