Category: Immigrants
New Civil War Historical Marker of 1862 Passover By Union Troops in Fayetteville, WV Unveiling April 3
Civil War Trails has announced that its first trail marker on Jews during the Civil War will be unveiled on April 3 in Fayetteville, West…
Lincoln Cottage Was Lincoln’s Summer Home Photo Tour
The summer of 1864 was one of the bloodiest in American history. Against a background of the horrible battles of the last year of the…
Mass German Immigration Lead to a Post-War Lutheran Boom January 1869
Immigration revived strongly after the end of the Civil War, with the largest group of immigrants shifting from Irish to Germans. The increased immigration brought…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…