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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keller, Christian B.

Series:

North's Civil War

The North's Civil War series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863.

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

United States.

United States. Army of the Potomac. Corps, 11th.

German American soldiers--History--19th century.

German American soldiers.

German Americans--History--19th century.

German Americans.

German Americans--Social conditions--19th century.

Nativistic movements--United States--History--19th century.

Nativistic movements.

Physical Description:

xii, 222 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., plans ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham Unviersity Press, 2007.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-214) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.

HSP credit line: James Biddle Civil War letters (Coll. #1881)

ISBN:

9780823226504 (cloth : alk. paper)

0823226506 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

137324990