{"product_id":"the-germans-of-charleston-richmond-and-new-orleans-during-the-civil-war-period-1850-1870-a-study-and-research-compendium-9783110236880","title":"The Germans of Charleston, Richmond and New Orleans During the Civil War Period, 1850-1870: A Study and Research Compendium","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Andrea Mehrländer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"de Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46868057817239,"sku":"9783110236880","price":24246.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783110236880.webp?v=1769988314","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-germans-of-charleston-richmond-and-new-orleans-during-the-civil-war-period-1850-1870-a-study-and-research-compendium-9783110236880","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}