| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 222 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, plans |
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The North's Civil War series |
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North's Civil War.
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| Contents |
German Americans, Know Nothings, and the outbreak of the war -- Before Chancellorsville : Sigel, Blenker, and the reinforcement of German ethnicity in the Union Army, 1861-1862 -- The battle of Chancellorsville and the German regiments of the Eleventh Corps -- "Retreating and cowardly poltroons" : the Anglo American reaction -- "All we ask is justice" : the Germans respond -- Nativism and German ethnicity after Chancellorsville -- Chancellorsville and the Civil War in German American memory |
| Summary |
Often called Lee's greatest triumph, the battle of Chancellorsville decimated the Union Eleventh Corps, composed of large numbers of German-speaking volunteers. Drawing on German-language newspapers, soldiers' letters, memoirs and regimental records, Christian Keller reconstructs the battle and its aftermath |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-214) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
United States. Army of the Potomac. Corps, 11th.
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United States. Army of the Potomac. Corps, 11th fast |
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Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863.
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German American soldiers -- History -- 19th century
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German Americans -- History -- 19th century
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German Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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Nativistic movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Nativism -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
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German American soldiers
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German Americans
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German Americans -- Social conditions
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Military participation -- German American
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Nativistic movements
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, German American
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United States
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Virginia -- Chancellorsville
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780823234899 |
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0823234894 |
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9781441644732 |
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1441644733 |
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9780823247547 |
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0823247546 |
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0823226522 |
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9780823226528 |
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