The Resource Germans in the Civil War : the letters they wrote home, edited by Walter D. Kamphoefner and Wolfgang Helbich ; translated by Susan Carter Vogel
Germans in the Civil War : the letters they wrote home, edited by Walter D. Kamphoefner and Wolfgang Helbich ; translated by Susan Carter Vogel
- Summary
- German Americans were one of the largest immigrant groups in the Civil War era, and they comprised nearly 10 percent of all Union troops. Yet little attention has been paid to their daily lives - both on the battlefield and on the home front - during the war. This book contains a collection of letters, written by German immigrants to friends and family back home. It provides a new angle to our understanding of the Civil War experience and challenges some long-held assumptions about the immigrant experience at this time
- Language
-
- eng
- ger
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxiv, 521 pages)
- Contents
-
- Introduction ; German Immigrants and Politics in the Civil War Era ; German Immigrants in the Union Army
- Letters ; Eastern Theater ; Otto Albrecht ; Private Alexander Dupre, Emile Dupre, and Lottie Dupre ; Wesslau Family ; Christoph Barthel, Anna-Katharina Odensass, and Jacob Odensass ; Augustin Family ; Corporal Robert Rossi ; Private Friedrich Schmalzried ; First Lieutenant Alphons Richter ; Corporal Wilhelm Albrecht ; Carl Hermanns ; Caroline Eversmeier ; Dunnebacke Family ; Captain August Horstmann ; Private Wilhelm Hoffmann ; First Lieutenant Peter Boffinger ; Sergeant Wilhelm Francksen ; First Lieutenant Emil Cornelius Knoebel ; Surgeon Carl Uterhard ; Johann Philipp Heubach ; Corporal Jakob Heinzelmann ; Private Gustav Keppler ; Sergeant Albert Krause ; Christian Harring ; Barbara Pack and Nikolaus Pack ; Matthias Leclerc ; Private August Strohsahl (alias Henry Johnson, alias August Warner) ; Petty Officer Eduard Treutlein (alias Edward Smith) ; Jakob Kessler ; Victor Klausmeyer ; Kaspar Herbst and Agatha Herbst ; Muller Family
- Western Theater ; Surgeon Magnus Brucker ; Monn Family ; Private Dietrich Gerstein ; Corporal Ludwig Wilhelm Kuhner and Private Karl Friedrich Kuhner ; Johann (John) Dieden ; Private Paul Petasch ; Second Lieutenant Friedrich Martens ; Private David Bopple and Family ; Christian Bonsel ; Sergeant Ferdinand Krieger ; Private Franz Schorse ; Bernhard Buschmann ; Lieutenant Colonel Conrad Weinrich ; First Lieutenant Karl Adolph Frick and Alwine Frick ; Private Georg Bauer ; Private Ludwig Muller (Louis W. Miller) ; Private Carl Anton (Charles) Ruff ; Private Johann Christoph Penzler ; Private Anton Herman Bullenhaar ; Heinrich Stahler ; Kessel and Ruckels Families ; Dr. Hermann Nagel ; Captain Robert Voigt, CSA ; Captain Ernst Cramer and Ferdinand Simon ; Private Georg Wilhelm Schwarting ; Private Ludwig (Louis) Lehmann, CSA, and Friederike Lehmann ; Epilogue: Reconstruction
- Isbn
- 9780807876596
- Label
- Germans in the Civil War : the letters they wrote home
- Title
- Germans in the Civil War
- Title remainder
- the letters they wrote home
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Walter D. Kamphoefner and Wolfgang Helbich ; translated by Susan Carter Vogel
- Subject
-
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America | Correspondence
- German Americans -- Correspondence
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, German American
- United States -- History | Civil War, 1861-1865 | Participation, German American
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
- German Americans -- Correspondence
- United States -- History | Civil War, 1861-1865 | Personal narratives, Confederate
- United States -- History | Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
- United States -- History | Civil War, 1861-1865 | Participation, Immigrant
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Correspondence
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
- Immigrants -- United States -- Correspondence
- Immigrants -- United States -- Correspondence
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Immigrant
- Language
-
- eng
- ger
- eng
- Summary
- German Americans were one of the largest immigrant groups in the Civil War era, and they comprised nearly 10 percent of all Union troops. Yet little attention has been paid to their daily lives - both on the battlefield and on the home front - during the war. This book contains a collection of letters, written by German immigrants to friends and family back home. It provides a new angle to our understanding of the Civil War experience and challenges some long-held assumptions about the immigrant experience at this time
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Civil war America
- Label
- Germans in the Civil War : the letters they wrote home, edited by Walter D. Kamphoefner and Wolfgang Helbich ; translated by Susan Carter Vogel
- Related Authorities
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- History
- Confederate States of America
- Soldiers
- Personal narratives, Confederate
- Immigrants
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Participation, German American
- United States
- German Americans
- Correspondence
- Participation, Immigrant
- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Confederate States of America
- Correspondence
- Personal narratives, Confederate
- United States
- Personal narratives
- Related Subjects
-
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America | Correspondence
- German Americans -- Correspondence
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, German American
- United States -- History | Civil War, 1861-1865 | Participation, German American
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
- German Americans -- Correspondence
- United States -- History | Civil War, 1861-1865 | Personal narratives, Confederate
- United States -- History | Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
- United States -- History | Civil War, 1861-1865 | Participation, Immigrant
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Correspondence
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
- Immigrants -- United States -- Correspondence
- Immigrants -- United States -- Correspondence
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Immigrant
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-503) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction ; German Immigrants and Politics in the Civil War Era ; German Immigrants in the Union Army -- Letters ; Eastern Theater ; Otto Albrecht ; Private Alexander Dupre, Emile Dupre, and Lottie Dupre ; Wesslau Family ; Christoph Barthel, Anna-Katharina Odensass, and Jacob Odensass ; Augustin Family ; Corporal Robert Rossi ; Private Friedrich Schmalzried ; First Lieutenant Alphons Richter ; Corporal Wilhelm Albrecht ; Carl Hermanns ; Caroline Eversmeier ; Dunnebacke Family ; Captain August Horstmann ; Private Wilhelm Hoffmann ; First Lieutenant Peter Boffinger ; Sergeant Wilhelm Francksen ; First Lieutenant Emil Cornelius Knoebel ; Surgeon Carl Uterhard ; Johann Philipp Heubach ; Corporal Jakob Heinzelmann ; Private Gustav Keppler ; Sergeant Albert Krause ; Christian Harring ; Barbara Pack and Nikolaus Pack ; Matthias Leclerc ; Private August Strohsahl (alias Henry Johnson, alias August Warner) ; Petty Officer Eduard Treutlein (alias Edward Smith) ; Jakob Kessler ; Victor Klausmeyer ; Kaspar Herbst and Agatha Herbst ; Muller Family -- Western Theater ; Surgeon Magnus Brucker ; Monn Family ; Private Dietrich Gerstein ; Corporal Ludwig Wilhelm Kuhner and Private Karl Friedrich Kuhner ; Johann (John) Dieden ; Private Paul Petasch ; Second Lieutenant Friedrich Martens ; Private David Bopple and Family ; Christian Bonsel ; Sergeant Ferdinand Krieger ; Private Franz Schorse ; Bernhard Buschmann ; Lieutenant Colonel Conrad Weinrich ; First Lieutenant Karl Adolph Frick and Alwine Frick ; Private Georg Bauer ; Private Ludwig Muller (Louis W. Miller) ; Private Carl Anton (Charles) Ruff ; Private Johann Christoph Penzler ; Private Anton Herman Bullenhaar ; Heinrich Stahler ; Kessel and Ruckels Families ; Dr. Hermann Nagel ; Captain Robert Voigt, CSA ; Captain Ernst Cramer and Ferdinand Simon ; Private Georg Wilhelm Schwarting ; Private Ludwig (Louis) Lehmann, CSA, and Friederike Lehmann ; Epilogue: Reconstruction
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- 1 online resource (xxxiv, 521 pages)
- File format
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- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780807876596
- Level of compression
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- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps, portraits.
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Subject
- German Americans -- Correspondence
- German Americans -- Correspondence
- Immigrants -- United States -- Correspondence
- Immigrants -- United States -- Correspondence
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Correspondence
- Soldiers -- Confederate States of America | Correspondence
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
- Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, German American
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Immigrant
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
- United States -- History | Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- United States -- History | Civil War, 1861-1865 | Participation, German American
- United States -- History | Civil War, 1861-1865 | Participation, Immigrant
- United States -- History | Civil War, 1861-1865 | Personal narratives, Confederate
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