The Germans of Charleston, Richmond and New Orleans during the Civil War period, 1850-1870 : a study and research compendium / Andrea Mehrländer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mehrländer, Andrea.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germans--South Carolina--Charleston--History--19th century.

Germans.

Germans--Virginia--Richmond--History--19th century.

Germans--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century.

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

United States.

Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Charleston (S.C.).

Richmond (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Richmond (Va.).

New Orleans (La.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

New Orleans (La.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This 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, with

Contents:

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

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613166838

9781283166836

1283166836

9783110236897

3110236893

OCLC:

755632563