Invisible Southerners
Subtitle: ethnicity in the Civil War
By: Anne J. Bailey.
Series: Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt lecture series ;; no. 14
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
ISBN-13: 9780820327570
Subjects: German Americans -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.; Indians of North America -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.; African Americans -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, German American.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Indian.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.; Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
Description: "Most Southerners who fought in the Civil War were native born, white, and Confederate. However, thousands with other ethnic backgrounds also took a stand - and not always for the South. Invisible Southerners recounts the wartime experiences of the region's German Americans, Native Americans, and African Americans. As Anne J. Bailey looks at how such outsiders responded to demands on their loyalties, she recaptures the atmosphere of suspicion in which they strove to understand, and be understood by, their proslavery, secessionist neighbors."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Broken promises : German immigrants and the burden of America's Civil War; title: The war within : the divided loyalties of Native Americans; title: In the cause of freedom : southern Blacks in a northern army.