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National Park Book on Asians and the Civil War Available Free to Read OnLine

The National Park Service book Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War is now free to read online. The book is available to read…

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List of “Asians and Pacific Islanders” Who Served in the Civil War

The National Park Service has posted a document prepared during the Civil War Sesquicentennial that lists all Asians and Pacific Islanders whose Civil War service…

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Posted in Civil War Immigrants Monuments

New Statue of Norway Immigrant and Union Col. Hans Heg Dedicated in Madison, Wi.

The statue of Col. Hans Heg was torn down by a small group of protesters in Madison, Wisconsin in 2020. Last year, a new version…

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Book Review: Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War

Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War edited by Carol A. Shively is a colorful and interesting introduction to the participation of Asian immigrants…

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Posted in Civil War Immigrants USCT

60th United States Colored Troops: Iowa’s Black Regiment Was Mostly from Elsewhere

This is one in a series of scrapbooks focusing on United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiments. These are not regimental histories and I invite you…

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Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War National Park Service Handbook

A popularly written book on immigrants in the war is Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War (2015). This book is published by the…

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New Curriculum Available on “Lincoln and the Jews”

The Shapell Foundation was the force behind a Civil War Sesquicentennial exhibition at the New York Historical Society on Lincoln’s interactions with the emerging Jewish…

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An Irish Immigrant Supporter of Lincoln Writes to His Daughter that the 1876 Election Is a Fraud

Patrick Guiney was the colonel commanding the Irish 9th Massachusetts Regiment when he was badly wounded during the Battle of the Wilderness. He would suffer…

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Radical Warrior: August Willich’s Journey from German Revolutionary to Union General by David Dixon

Radical Warrior: August Willich’s Journey from German Revolutionary to Union General by David Dixon published by University of Tennessee Press (2020) $40.00 Hardcover. Author David…

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Posted in 14th Amendment Cartoons Immigrants Redeemers White Supremacy White Supremacy Apologetics White Terror

Irish World Cartoon: White League “Leave the Negro Alone” Deep Dive

The Irish World, the most popular Irish immigrant newspaper in late 19th Century America, took a firm stand against white supremacist violence during Reconstruction. I…

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