Chancellorsville and the Germans : nativism, ethnicity, and Civil War memory / / Christian B. Keller

• Autore: Keller Christian B
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Fordham University Press, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7/33
• Soggetto topico: Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863; German American soldiers - History - 19th century; German Americans - History - 19th century; German Americans - Social conditions - 19th century; Nativistic movements - United States - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, German American
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-214) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Chancellorsville and the Germans
• ISBN: 0-8232-3489-4; 0-8232-4754-6; 0-8232-2652-2; 1-4416-4473-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822966103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: North's Civil War.