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The Jewish Confederates
Details Jewish participation on the Civil War battlefield and throughout the Southern home front
In The Jewish Confederates, Robert N. Rosen introduces readers to the community of Southern Jews of the 1860s, revealing the remarkable breadth of Southern Jewry's participation in the war and their commitment to the Confederacy. Intrigued by the apparent irony of their story, Rosen weaves a complex chronicle that outlines how Southern Jews--many of them recently arrived immigrants from Bavaria, Prussia, Hungary, and Russia who had fled European revolutions and anti-Semitic governments--attempted to navigate the fraught landscape of the American Civil War.
This chronicle relates the experiences of officers, enlisted men, businessmen, politicians, nurses, rabbis, and doctors. Rosen recounts the careers of important Jewish Confederates; namely, Judah P. Benjamin, a member of Jefferson Davis's cabinet; Col. Abraham C. Myers, quartermaster general of the Confederacy; Maj. Adolph Proskauer of the 125th Alabama; Maj. Alexander Hart of the Louisiana 5th; and Phoebe Levy Pember, the matron of Richmond's Chimborazo Hospital. He narrates the adventures and careers of Jewish officers and profiles the many Jewish soldiers who fought in infantry, cavalry, and artillery units in every major campaign.
Book Details
- Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
- Publish Date: Sep 17th, 2021
- Pages: 544
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.92in - 7.01in - 1.42in - 2.20lb
- EAN: 9781643362472
- Categories: • United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)• Jewish - General• Jewish Studies
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About the Author
Robert N. Rosen was born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina. Three of his grandparents were emigrants from the "Pale of Settlement"--Russia, Poland, and Belorus. The other grandparent was born in this country just after her parents arrived from Austria in the 1890s. Rosen attended public schools in Charleston, where his high school history teacher was the Charleston historian Solomon Breibart. He studied at the University of Virginia and at Harvard University, where he received an M.A. in history, as well as at the University of South Carolina Law School. The author of A Short History of Charleston and Confederate Charleston: An Illustrated History of the Place and the People During the Civil War, he practices law in Charleston and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Rosen has served on the boards of the South Carolina Historical Society and Historic Charleston Foundation, and has chaired the Arts and History Commission of the City of Charleston.
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Praise for this book
This groundbreaking study is liberally illustrated with photographs and maps, and is written clearly and energetically as a trade book, despite its academic stamp and thoroughness
-- "Publishers Weekly"Larger public and academic libraries should consider this readable book, as should all libraries with strong Judaic or military collections.
-- "Library Journal"Comprehensive and readerly
-- "New York Times Book Review"This exhaustive study sheds light on a little-remarked curiosity of the Civil War's history: The Lost Cause claimed a great many Jewish partisans, and a regime dedicated to the defense of human slavery proved remarkably resistant to antisemitism.
-- "The Washington Post"The Jewish Confederates is a fascinating, comprehensive look at a great number and variety of soldiers and non-combatants, replete with excerpts from letters and diaries that will give the reader insights into the spirit of the time. For the Civil War scholar looking for something different on the period, this book is highly recommended.
-- "Civil War Times Illustrated"The Jewish Confederates is a thoughtful and readable narrative packed with information and insights... a fine piece of scholarship and a fascinating read.
-- "South Carolina Historical Magazine"The Jewish Confederates indeed makes a significant contribution to the literature of the Civil War South and American Jewish history... essential reading in the field.
-- "The Florida Historical Quarterly"first-class... thorough, deeply researched, and engaging... anyone doing research on any aspect of southern Jewry would be foolhardy to ignore.
-- "Journal of Southern History"Robert N. Rosen has provided a comprehensive look at the Southern Jewish experience in the Confederacy... His work fills a major gap in the historiography of the Confederacy and should inspire others to look at similar ethnic experiences of the Civil War.
-- "Louisiana History"Robert Rosen's emendation to the American Jewish record is must reading not only for his co-religionists but for those who study the Civil War. In revealing the patriotism of Southern Jewry, Rosen has dealt a blow against bigotry.
-- "American Enterprise"