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Autore |
Mehrländer Andrea |
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Titolo |
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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Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-16683-6 |
9786613166838 |
3-11-023689-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (456 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Germans - South Carolina - Charleston - History - 19th century |
Germans - Virginia - Richmond - History - 19th century |
Germans - Louisiana - New Orleans - History - 19th century |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, German |
Charleston (S.C.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 |
Richmond (Va.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 |
New Orleans (La.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 -- |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 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 |
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