Challenge and Change: History of the Jews in America
Civil War Links
Jews in the Civil War
(Book 2, Unit 1, chapters 1, 2, & 3)
http://www.jewish-history.com/civilwar/Default.htm
This site contains many primary source documents and articles about Jews in the Civil War from Jews representing both the Union and Confederate States.
UNION
Union Soldiers celebrate Passover as mentioned in Unit 4, chapter 10.
Colonel Max Einstein, by Shalom E. Lamm
Frederick Knefler -- Hungarian Patriot and American General, by Stephen Beszedits
Introduction to "The American Jew as Patriot, Soldier and Citizen
"Sketches From the Seat of War," letters of a Jewish soldier as mentioned in Unit 4, chapter 10.
Letters of Lt. Jacob C. Cohen, 27th Ohio Infantry
April 27, 1865, a poem by Emma Lazarus (age 16)
Civil War letters of Rabbi Arnold Fischel, chaplain
Jewish victims of "General Orders No. 11"
Resignation of Capt. Philip Trounstine, 5th Ohio Cavalry, protesting "General Orders #11"
On Persecution: Isaac Leeser's essays on "General Orders #11", from "The Occident"
Benjamin Levy, Heroic Drummer Boy
U.S. Grant meets a Chabad Hasid from the Holy Land
Diary of Michael M. Allen, chaplain, 5th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Jewish Life in Wartime Washington
"Bible View of Slavery" by Rabbi Morris J. Raphall
Anti-Slavery Reply to Dr. Raphall, by Michael Heilprin
Anti-Slavery Reply to Dr. Raphall, by Rabbi David Einhorn
Medal of Honor winner Abraham Cohn, by Mark Starin
THE BEN BERITH: A Jewish Soldier Wounded in Battle (short story, 1866)
A Jewish Mother's Last Letter to her Son
A Jewish Soldier at Andersonville
Stand By the Flag! Jewish Messenger editorial on Ft. Sumter
"Semi Occasional" writes from Washington to The Jewish Messenger
"Beast" Butler and the Israelites
82nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry-"A Regiment of Immigrants"
CONFEDERATE
Confederate Soldiers Celebrate Passover
Judah P. Benjamin: "The Brains of the Confederacy"
Rabbi Henry S. Jacobs on the burning of Columbia, SC.
Rosanna Osterman: The Heroine of Galveston, Texas
Eugenia Phillips and General Butler: "Beauty" vs. "The Beast"
Rabbi Ber Illowy, Rav of New Orleans
Pro-secession Sermon by Rabbi Illowy, Jan. 4, 1861
Rothschild Visits The Confederacy
Jewish Confederate Soldiers Cemetery
Isaac J. Levy, Hebrew Confederate hero
Memoir of Joseph Goldsmith, Confederate "chaplain"
Diary of Maj. Alexander Hart, 5th Louisiana Infantry
Prayer for the Confederacy, for Jewish soldiers
Letters from Robert E. Lee to Rabbi Michelbacher of "Beth Ahabah"
Memoir of Philip Sartorius, citizen of Vicksburg
Memoir of Philip Whitlock, "Richmond Grays"
Letter of Judah P. Benjamin to E. Porter Alexander
Moses J. Ezekiel, VMI cadet, by Albert Conner
Diary of Eleanor Cohen Seixas, Southern Patriot
Civil War letters of Edwin I. Kursheedt, Washington Artillery
Letter from Maj. Isaac Scherck on the Fall of Atlanta
"Kronikals of the Times--Memphis 1862" Memoir of A.E. Frankland (Confederate Megillah)
Memoir of Robert H. Little, 1st Georgia Infantry
A Southern Woman's Story, Memoir of Phoebe Yates Levy Pember
A Tar Heel Jewish Soldier at Gettysburg: Diary of Louis Leon, 53rd NCV, eText at UNC
Another Order No. 11 -A Near-American Holocaust of 1862
http://www.mmcwrt.org/2001/default0104.htm
This electronic essay is from the Mid-Missouri Civil War Round Table and gives an in-depth view of the origins of Order No. 11 and its eventual cancellation by President Lincoln.
Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient Leopold Karpeles
http://www.medalofhonor.com/LeopoldKarpeles.htm
The Medal of Honor, established by joint resolution of Congress, 12 July 1862 (amended by Act of 9 July 1918 and Act of 25 July 1963) is awarded in the name of Congress to a person who, while a member of the Armed Services, distinguishes him/herself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against any enemy of The United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which The United States is not a belligerent party. The deed performed must have been one of personal bravery or self-sacrifice so conspicuous as to clearly distinguish the individual above his comrades and must have involved risk of life. Read about Leopold Karpeles and all of the recipients who have received our nation's highest military award.
Israelites in the South
http://www.wofford.edu/southernSeen/content.asp?id=292
This essay by Larry McGehee of Wofford College, June 2003, provides a short overview of Jews contribution to the South during the Civil War.
The Last Meeting by Lewis Regenstein
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/rengenstein3.html
This short article, by Lewis Regenstein, whose great great uncle was Major Raphael Moses (Unit 4, chapter 11), is about the events of May 5th, 1865, which is the anniversary of the last meeting held, and the last order given, by the Confederate government, which by then consisted of President Jefferson Davis and some of his cabinet officers and soldiers fleeing pursuing Yankee troops after the end of the War in 1865.
