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Did New Orleans Immigrants See Union Soldiers as Occupiers or Liberators?: Posted April 19, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; The Immigrants' Civil War.; Read More from Featured Content
Tags : fort jackson, german, irish, new orleans, new york times

A German Regiment Fights for “Freedom and Justice” at Shiloh: Posted March 29, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; August Willich, a German-born coronel, takes an intellectual approach to battle in The Immigrants' Civil War.; Read More from Featured Content
Tags : august willich, august willich’s gallant dutchmen, german, joseph reinhart, revolution of 1848, shiloh, william mank

Lincoln, the Know Nothings, and Immigrant America: Posted January 19, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; Was Abraham Lincoln a Know Nothing?; Read More from Featured Content
Tags : abraham lincoln, african american, civil war, german, know nothings, republicans, slavery, the immigrants' civil war, whig

The Lasting Impact of the Know Nothings on Immigrant America: Posted January 13, 2012 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; Discrimination distances Irish and German newcomers in The Immigrants' Civil War.; Read More from Featured Content
Tags : african american, civil war, education, fishtown, german, irish, john hughes, know nothings, the immigrants' civil war

The Evolution of the Know Nothings: Posted December 1, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; The Immigrants' Civil War continues.; Read More from Featured Content
Tags : anti-catholic, catholics, civil war, german, irish, know nothings, lyman beecher, protestants, the immigrants' civil war

English-Only in 1861: No Germans Need Apply: Posted August 19, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; Language access in The Immigrants' Civil War.; Read More from Featured Content
Tags : general order 45, german, know nothings, lincoln, republicans, simon cameron, the immigrants' civil war

Germans Re-Enact the Civil War, But Why Are They Dressed in Gray? [VIDEO]: Posted June 8, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; Public Radio International and The Atlantic look at the phenomenon.; Read More from Our Blog
Tags : civil war, confederate, german, germany, public radio international, re-enactors, the atlantic, the immigrants' civil war, the world

Carl Schurz Meets With Lincoln To Arm the Germans: Posted May 26, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; The Immigrants' Civil War; Read More from Featured Content
Tags : carl schurz, civil war, fort sumter, german, german dispensary, german immigrant, german language, lincoln, lower east side, new york historical society

Germans in the Civil War: The Letters They Wrote Home: Posted May 10, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; A new installment of Immigration Bookshelf.; Read More from LI Culture Features
Tags : books, civil war, german, immigration bookshelf, letters, the immigrants' civil war, union army

...And the War Came to Immigrant America: Posted April 11, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, with the attack on Fort Sumter, but some immigrants had already been fighting for months.; Read More from Featured Content
Tags : alexander dupre, civil war, conrad weinrich, friedrich martens, german, the immigrants' civil war

Carl Schurz: From German Radical to American Abolitionist: Posted March 25, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; Carl Schurz took on the Prussian monarchy before he fled to America, became an adviser to Lincoln, and joined The Immigrants' Civil War.; Read More from Featured Content
Tags : carl schurz, civil war, german, gottfried kinkel, radical, the immigrants' civil war, wisconsin

Immigrant America on the Eve of the Civil War: Posted March 2, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. Permalink Comments; America in the 1850s underwent radical demographic changes due to immigration.; Read More from Featured Content
Tags : 1850s, 1860s, chinese, civil war, five points, german, irish, the immigrants' civil war

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