Jews and the Civil War
Subtitle: a reader
By: Edited by Jonathan D. Sarna and Adam Mendelsohn.
Contributors: Sarna, Jonathan D.; Mendelsohn, Adam D., 1979-
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9780814740910
Subjects: Slavery -- United States -- History; African Americans -- Relations with Jews -- History -- 19th century; Jews -- United States -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Jews; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Jewish; United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 18th century; United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century
Description: "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"--Dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Jews and slavery; title: Jews and abolition; title: Rabbis and the march to war; title: Jewish soldiers during the Civil War; title: The home front; title: Jews as a class; title: Aftermath.