Umfang:
Online-Ressource
Ausgabe:
1. Aufl.
Ausgabe:
Reproduktion 2011
ISBN:
3110236893
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9783110236880
Inhalt:
Dieser Titel ist die erste Monographie zur Rolle der deutschen Bevölkerungsminderheit in den Südstaaten im Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg. Sie stellt heraus, dass die Deutschen durchaus an den Kämpfen beteiligt waren und der Sklaverei weitgehend positiv gegenüber standen. In einer vergleichendenAnalyse werden die deutschen Milizen, Wortführer, Konsuln, Blockadebrecher und Unternehmer der Städte Charleston, Richmond und New Orleans vorgestellt. Der Anhang enthält eine umfangreiche Übersicht zu Primär- und Sekundärquellen, u. a. ein tabellarisches Verzeichnis über die Angehörigen der ethnisch-deutschen Militäreinheiten mit Namen, Herkunft, Rang, Beruf, Einkommen und Sklavenbesitz. Das Werk eignet sich als Archivführer für weitere einschlägige Arbeiten durch Historiker, Militärforscher und Genealogen.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 names, place of origin, rank, occupation, income, and number of slaves owned.This book is a highly useful reference work for historians, military scholars and genealogists conducting research on Germans in the American Civil War and the American South.Andrea Mehrländer, geschäftsführende Direktorin der Checkpoint Charlie Stiftung, BerlinAndrea Mehrländer, Managing Director of the Checkpoint Charlie Foundation, Berlin
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Foreword by Robert N. Rosen; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Introduction; I. The "Period of the Great German-American Symbiosis": Immigration & Settlement, 1820-1860; 1. A Forgotten Chapter: German Immigration and Settlement in the Southern United States in the Period between 1820 and 1860.; 2. The "Avoidance of the South Syndrome": Mutualities among the German Revolutionaries of 1848.; 2.1 The Ideals of the "48ers": A Private Declaration of War on the South; 2.2 The Lonely Crowd: "48ers" in the South, especially in the Cities of Charleston, Richmond, and New Orleans
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II. In the Land of Masters and Slaves: the Urban South as the New Home of German Immigrants1. The Holy City: Charleston, South Carolina.; 2. The City at the Falls: Richmond, Virginia; 3. The Crescent City: New Orleans, Louisiana.; 4. Comparative Statistics: Germans in the Urban South (1850-1870); III. Know-Nothing Nativism in Richmond, New Orleans, and Charleston in the 1850's: the Dress Rehearsal for 1861.; 1. Pandora's Box: the Radical Agitation of Carl Steinmetz, a "48er" Immigrant, in Nativist Richmond.; 2. "In dubio pro reo": Nativist New Orleans, Christian Roselius, and the Germans.
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3. "If God will, let these days come back again": the Lack of Nativism in the Lives of the Germans in CharlestonIV. The Antebellum Militias of South Carolina and Virginia up to December, 1860: Organization and Significance; 1. The Development of German Militia Units in Charleston, South Carolina, up to December 1860: "[...] The highest duty of the adopted citizen was to the community in which he had made his home."; 1.1 The Officers of the German Antebellum Militia Companies of Charleston, South Carolina: a Leadership Elite between Nepotism and Patriotism
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1.2 German Antebellum Militias as the Basis of Ethnic German Civil War Companies of the City of Charleston2. The Development of the German Militia Units of Richmond, Virginia, up toDecember 1860: "[...] to enhance the respect of our co-citizens for us."; 2.1 The Officers of the Virginia Rifles, Richmond: a Militia without "Ethnic Spokesmen"; 2.2 German Antebellum Militias as the Basis of Ethnic German Civil War Companies of the City of Richmond; V. Goliath and his Pygmies: The German Antebellum Militias in New Orleans
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1. German Antebellum Militias in New Orleans, Louisiana (1806-1860): Lack of Tradition and Continuity2. "A Mountain has Borne a Tiny Mouse!": Mobilization of the Militia in New Orleans and the Long-held Dream of a German Battalion.; 2.1 Louis Hellwig and his Efforts to Form a German Battalion in New Orleans (January-July 1861); 2.2 The Second Attempt: the Hansa Guards Battalion under C. T. Buddecke (October 1861-February 1862); 2.3 Reichard's Battalion: the Final Attempt to Organize a German Battalion under the Leadership of the Prussian Consul August Reichard
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VI. The Military Participation of the Ethnic German minority in Charleston, Richmond, and New Orleans (1861-1865)
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In English
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ISBN 9783110236880
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mehrländer, Andrea, 1968 - The Germans of Charleston, Richmond and New Orleans during the Civil War period, 1850 - 1870 Berlin : De Gruyter, 2011 ISBN 3110236885
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9783110236880
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
Schlagwort(e):
USA
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Sezessionskrieg
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Deutsche
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Geschichte 1850-1870
DOI:
10.1515/9783110236897
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