True Sons of the Republic: European Immigrants in the Union Army (Reflections on the Civil War Era)

by Deborah Nelson-Campbell (Translator), Martin Ã-fele (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $119.68

  Up to 500,000 Union soldiers, or one fourth of the Union army, was born in Europe. These immigrants left their home countries for a multitude of reasons, mostly economic and political. In the United States, they envisioned a country of freedom that would allow them to pursue their goals of acquiring wealth and participating in politics.