04369nam 2200745 a 450 991078179630332120230725050919.01-283-16683-697866131668383-11-023689-310.1515/9783110236897(CKB)2550000000042845(EBL)797986(OCoLC)755632563(SSID)ssj0000537080(PQKBManifestationID)12186298(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537080(PQKBWorkID)10550675(PQKB)10324549(MiAaPQ)EBC797986(DE-B1597)122948(OCoLC)881293056(DE-B1597)9783110236897(Au-PeEL)EBL797986(CaPaEBR)ebr10486538(CaONFJC)MIL316683(EXLCZ)99255000000004284520110228d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Germans of Charleston, Richmond and New Orleans during the Civil War period, 1850-1870[electronic resource] a study and research compendium /Andrea MehrländerBerlin ;New York De Gruyterc20111 online resource (456 p.)Description based upon print version of record.3-11-023688-5 Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 -- IndexThis 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, withGermansSouth CarolinaCharlestonHistory19th centuryGermansVirginiaRichmondHistory19th centuryGermansLouisianaNew OrleansHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Participation, GermanCharleston (S.C.)HistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Richmond (Va.)HistoryCivil War, 1861-1865New Orleans (La.)HistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Civil War.History of Emigration to the USA.History of U.S. Slavery.North American History.GermansHistoryGermansHistoryGermansHistory973.70893/1NK 4600rvkMehrländer Andrea1555380MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781796303321The Germans of Charleston, Richmond and New Orleans during the Civil War period, 1850-18703817234UNINA