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In 1868 Irish Immigration Was Down and German Immigration Was Up in Ohio

This report gives numbers on immigrants passing through and settling in Ohio in 1868. A few interesting notes: 1. The number of Irish was down…

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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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“Irishmen And Germans Read This” The Mongrel Party’s Attack on Immigrants June, 1868

With the election of 1868, Democratic propaganda combined immigrant fears of the latent Know Nothingism of some Republicans and white immigrants’ concerns about their own…

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