03210nam 2200721 a 450 991097065110332120251117083247.00-8232-3489-40-8232-4754-60-8232-2652-21-4416-4473-3(CKB)2520000000008057(EBL)3239437(SSID)ssj0000413776(PQKBManifestationID)11281562(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413776(PQKBWorkID)10386226(PQKB)11509234(StDuBDS)EDZ0000021238(MiAaPQ)EBC3239437(OCoLC)647876370(MdBmJHUP)muse14978(Au-PeEL)EBL3239437(CaPaEBR)ebr10365055(OCoLC)923763227(EXLCZ)99252000000000805720070425d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChancellorsville and the Germans nativism, ethnicity, and Civil War memory /Christian B. Keller1st ed.New York Fordham University Press20071 online resource (254 p.)The North's Civil War seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8232-2650-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-214) and index.German Americans, Know Nothings, and the outbreak of the war -- Before Chancellorsville : Sigel, Blenker, and the reinforcement of German ethnicity in the Union Army, 1861-1862 -- The battle of Chancellorsville and the German regiments of the Eleventh Corps -- "Retreating and cowardly poltroons" : the Anglo American reaction -- "All we ask is justice" : the Germans respond -- Nativism and German ethnicity after Chancellorsville -- Chancellorsville and the Civil War in German American memory.Often called Lee's greatest triumph, the battle of Chancellorsville decimated the Union Eleventh Corps, composed of large numbers of German-speaking volunteers. Drawing on German-language newspapers, soldiers' letters, memoirs and regimental records, Christian Keller reconstructs the battle and its aftermath.North's Civil War.Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863German American soldiersHistory19th centuryGerman AmericansHistory19th centuryGerman AmericansSocial conditions19th centuryNativistic movementsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Participation, German AmericanChancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863.German American soldiersHistoryGerman AmericansHistoryGerman AmericansSocial conditionsNativistic movementsHistory973.7/33Keller Christian B1872520MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970651103321Chancellorsville and the Germans4481707UNINA