The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-24
The Jews in The Confederacy
MRS. TONNES RANDOLPH LEIGH
State Historian Alabama Division. u. ID. G.

Tho Jews In earliest times. rs own
rrs of Palestine, were ackno wledgcd
as furnishing much of tho sincws OF
war, though after Jerusalem passed
into alien hands they declined In ma
tional achiovemcnts. still as indiyid-
uaIs they performed brilliant part
in IN. battles Of their adopted conn
try. Durlnt; the Revolutionary War
more than htiy Jews were enrolled in
The Continental army. conspicuous
among them being Colonel Isaac
Franks and Colonel David Salisbury
Franks. No one gave more faithfui
aid TO the rcvolutionists than iIaymau
solomon. the intimate friend Of i'u-
iaski. and kosciusko. giving u TIA"
American cause, upon tho appeal or
robert Morris. ss5S.0o7.1 lie was
captured and thrown into Il British
prison, dying therein.
IL tho Mexican War General David
u" Leon made Il most brilliant record
being twice thanked BY Congress for
ShilanirE and ability.
During the War Between the states
the ranking United States naval Of
hccr, unit! his death In 1863. was Com
modorc Criah Philips Levy, upon whose
tombstone We read: He was the faith
or OF the law abolishine tho barbnrous
practice Of corporal punishment In tho
United tSatcs Navy To-day Major
Alfred Mordccai is tho authority In the
military world "of application OF sci
cntirc research to mechanical war
usos"
4, III time Of tho WA Between the
states the lows IN tho United States
nuu bcred 10000 souls, but furnished
from this number Of men. women ana
children 10000 lighting men. This was
II remarkable per cent, one 70 every
fifteen human beings. The North has
preserved these Jewish records Of the
5000 who Tough, under Old Glory. but
tho South has not as yet collected or
published the magnificent h.roism OF
her 1000 Jewish patriots We are
anxious 10 secure this data. and trust
the Hebrew viii not for the first time
be wanting in pride OF race or achieve
mont. but VIII early respond TO our
call for assistance In collecting this
Information.
The War Betwcen the States gave
again 10 tho Jews their greatest OPP
por'urity for proving their military
ardor and capacity. and splendidly did
they meet the occasion. Amonl, the
10000 70 enlist. nine became generals
eighteen colonies. forty majors. over
zoo captains twenty-five surreons one
chaplain. Rabbi Jacob Frankel: clev-
On naval officers. Fourteen families
alone contributed nfty-three men to
the Confederate army. Among these
North Carolina sent six Cohen broth
ers; SOUTH Carolina. five Moses broth
"rs. George Ralph Moses and his three
sons. and one from Alabama: Arkansas
thre" Cohen brothers: Virginia, three
Levy btorhcsr: Louisiana sent the three
Fruenthals, Mississippi sent the four
Jonas brothers
Alahama furnished 80 Jews to the
Conicderacy, leading ali Southern
states In enlistment Of the Jews. Viz
rin!a cam" third, enrolling ll3: -C;oor-
Kin. second. enrolling 40, with octn-
wins Cohen, quartcrmastcr OF Georgia
troops The Jews below the Mason
and Dixon line served vallantly for
their beloved Southland, Adolphus
Meyer, Of Virginia. enlisted with the
arSt company mustered into service
serving through :hc entire war. hold
ing the position Of assistant adjutant
general. After the reconstruction re