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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.
Contents
Preface IntroductionAdam Mendelsohn Overview Eli N. Evans 1 Jews and New Christians in the Atlantic Slave Trade Seymour Drescher 2 Jews and Negro Slavery in the Old South, 1789-1865Bertram W. Korn 3 Revolution and ReformJayme A. Sokolow 4 The Abolitionists and the JewsLouis Ruchames 5 Isaac Mayer Wise and the Civil WarSefton D. Temkin 6 Baltimore Rabbis during the Civil War Isaac M. Fein 7 Divided Loyalties in 1861Stanley L. Falk 8 Jewish Confederates Robert N. Rosen 9 From Peddler to Regimental Commander in Two YearJacob Rader Marcus 10 Eugenia Levy PhillipsDavid T. Morgan 11 Shifting VeilsDianne Ashton 12 "Shoddy" Antisemitism and the Civil WarGary L. Bunker and John J. Appel 13 Jewish Chaplains during the Civil War Bertram W. Korn 14 That Obnoxious OrderJohn Simon 15 Civil War ExodusStephen V. Ash 16 The Post-Civil War Economy in the SouthThomas D. Clark 17 Candidate Grant and the Jews Joakim IsaacsFor Further ReadingIndex About the Editors
