Chancellorsville and the Germans [[electronic resource] ] : nativism, ethnicity, and Civil War memory / / Christian B. Keller
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Keller Christian B
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| Titolo: |
Chancellorsville and the Germans [[electronic resource] ] : nativism, ethnicity, and Civil War memory / / Christian B. Keller
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| 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 |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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.: | 9910456582803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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North's Civil War.