Tag: jews
President Grant’s Atonement to America’s Jews For His “Infamous Order” Expelling Them
In 1862 Union General Ulysses S. Grant perpetrated one of the most notorious official acts against Jews in United States history. He ordered the expulsion of…
Jews Fight the Ban on Rabbis as Army Chaplains
Originally posted October 21, 2011 in Immigrants’ Civil War. by Patrick Young, Esq. – Blogger The 65th Pennsylvania Regiment 5th Cavalry was not a “Jewish regiment.”…
The Rabbi Who Seceded From the South
Originally Posted April 15, 2011 by Patrick Young, Esq. Bertram Korn, rabbi and scholar of 19th century American Jewish history, observed a half century ago…
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…
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…