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The Blessed Place of Freedom: Europeans in Civil War America
The Blessed Place of Freedom Europeans in Civil War America Author:Dean B. Mahin The Blessed Place of Freedom provides a comprehensive overview of European immigrants? perspectives on the American Civil War and the reactions of immigrant participants and European observers to a wide variety of events. Dean Mahin examines each major immigrant group?s population and geographic distribution; the number who served in immi... more »grant-dominated military units, such as the famous Irish Brigade and the Louisiana Zouaves; those who became officers during the war, such as the Union?s Carl Schurz (born in Germany) and the Confederacy?s Patrick Cleburne (born in Ireland); and significant individuals who visited America during the war as volunteers, correspondents, or observers.« less