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A German Hurrah! : Civil War Letters of Friedrich Bertsch and Wilhelm Stangel, 9th Ohio Infantry download torrent

A German Hurrah! : Civil War Letters of Friedrich Bertsch and Wilhelm Stangel, 9th Ohio Infantry download torrent

A German Hurrah! : Civil War Letters of Friedrich Bertsch and Wilhelm Stangel, 9th Ohio Infantry by Joseph R. Reinhart

A German Hurrah! : Civil War Letters of Friedrich Bertsch and Wilhelm Stangel, 9th Ohio Infantry
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Author: Joseph R. Reinhart
Page Count: 416 pages
Published Date: 16 Aug 2010
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Publication Country: Kent, OH, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781606350386
Download Link: A German Hurrah! Civil War Letters of Friedrich Bertsch and Wilhelm Stangel, 9th Ohio Infantry
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This title offers Fascinating perspectives on the war from two German immigrants. Lieutenant Friedrich Bertsch and Chaplain Wilhelm Stangel of the 9th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry were not typical soldiers in the Union army. They were German immigrants fighting in a German regiment. Imbued with democratic and egalitarian ideals, the pair were disappointed with the imperfections they found in America and its political, social, and economic fabric; they also disdained puritanical temperance and Sunday laws restricting the personal freedoms they had enjoyed in Europe. Both men believed Germans were superior to Americans and other ethnic soldiers and hoped to elevate the status of Germans in American society by demonstrating their willingness to join in the fight and preserve the Union at the risk of their own lives. Bertsch's and Stangel's letters from the battlefront were published in German American newspapers and are historically significant for several reasons: they are among the very rare collections of letters from soldiers in a German regiment; they fill a significant void of letters from Union fighting men describing the events in the rugged mountains and valleys of western Virginia during the North's first campaign and subsequent service in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama; they provide a useful account of how the two German Americans viewed the war, American officers and enlisted men, other immigrant soldiers, and the enemy; they shed light on the ethnic dimensions of the war, especially ethnic identity, pride, and solidarity; and, they reflect the overarching political climate in which the war was fought. Additionally, these contemporary letters are superior to accounts written years or decades after the events occurred. "A German Hurrah!" makes Bertsch's and Stangel's letters available in English for the first time. It is a valuable addition to Civil War studies and will be welcomed by those interested in ethnicity and immigration.

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