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Jews and the Civil War: A Reader

Jews and the Civil War: A Reader

Sarna, Jonathan D.
Mendelsohn, Adam D.

Paperback

Armed ForcesCivil War Period (1850-1877)General World History

ISBN10: 0814771130
ISBN13: 9780814771136
Publisher: New York Univ Pr
Published: Sep 1 2011
Pages: 445
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

A unique collection revealing the experience of Jewish soldiers and civilians during the Civil War

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.

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