Jews and the Civil War : a reader / edited by Jonathan D. Sarna and Adam Mendelsohn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mendelsohn, Adam D., 1979-

Sarna, Jonathan D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Relations with Jews--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Jews--United States--History--19th century.

Jews.

Slavery--United States--History.

Slavery.

United States--Ethnic relations--History--18th century.

United States.

United States--Ethnic relations--History--19th century.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Jews.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Jewish.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (446 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At least 8,000 Jewish soldiers fought for the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War. A few served together in Jewish companies while most fought alongside Christian comrades. Yet even as they stood “shoulder-to-shoulder” on the front lines, they encountered unique challenges.In Jews and the Civil War, Jonathan D. Sarna and Adam Mendelsohn assemble for the first time the foremost scholarship on Jews and the Civil War, little known even to specialists in the field. These accessible and far-ranging essays from top scholars are grouped into seven thematic sections—Jews and Slavery, Jews and Abolition, Rabbis and the March to War, Jewish Soldiers during the Civil War, The Home Front, Jews as a Class, and Aftermath—each with an introduction by the editors. Together they reappraise the impact of the war on Jews in the North and the South, offering a rich and fascinating portrait of the experience of Jewish soldiers and civilians from the home front to the battle front.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction Before Korn: A Century of Jewish Historical Writing about the American Civil War

Overview The War between Jewish Brothers in America

1. Jews and New Christians in the Atlantic Slave Trade

2. Jews and Negro Slavery in the Old South, 1789–1865

3. Revolution and Reform The Antebellum Jewish Abolitionists

4. The Abolitionists and the Jews Some Further Thoughts

5. Isaac Mayer Wise and the Civil War

6. Baltimore Rabbis during the Civil War

7. Divided Loyalties in 1861 The Decision of Major Alfred Mordecai

8. Jewish Confederates

9. From Peddler to Regimental Commander in Two Years The Civil War Career of Major Louis A. Gratz

10. Eugenia Levy Phillips The Civil War Experiences of a Southern Jewish Woman

11. Shifting Veils Religion, Politics, and Womanhood in the Civil War Writings of American Jewish Women

12. “Shoddy” Antisemitism and the Civil War

13. Jewish Chaplains during the Civil War

14. That Obnoxious Order

15. Civil War Exodus The Jews and Grant’s General Order No. 11

16. The Post–Civil War Economy in the South

17. Candidate Grant and the Jews

For Further Reading

Index

About the Editors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781782682462

1782682465

9780814786796

0814786790

9780814708590

0814708595

OCLC:

779828372