Melting Pot Soldiers

The Union Ethnic Regiments

William L. Burton

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Fordham University Press
01 January 1998

History; Military history; Migration, immigration & emigration; Ethnic studies; Civil rights & citizenship

Series: The North's Civil War

Melting Pot Soldiers is the story of the way immigrants responded to the drama of the Civil War. When the war began in 1861, there were, in most states in the North (primarily from Western Europe), large populations of immigrants whose leaders were active in American politics at the local, state, and national levels. Just as native-born Americans, both individually and collectively, reacted to war, so did these newcomers. A characteristic feature of the formation of the Union armies was the role played by politicians in the recruitment of the regiment, the basic unit of the army. Ethnic politicians (and a few were women!) like their native-born counterparts, actively recruited young men into regiments- in this case regiments based upon the country of origin of the recruits.

There were dozens of such regiments, mostly German and Irish, but also a Scandinavian unit, a polygot outfit, and there was an attempt to form a Scottish regiment. AS the war progressed and casualties mounted, these regiments gradually lost their ethnic composition. Ethnic entreprenuers were the key figures in the organization of these regiments, and such men ordinarily intended to parlay their military service into a post-war political career. Burton examines the impact ethnic entreprenuers had during the war, both by their key role in the organization of their regiments and by their post-war political careers.

By: William L. Burton
Imprint: Fordham University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd
Volume: No. 4
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 485g
ISBN: 9780823218288
ISBN 10: 0823218287
Series: The North's Civil War
Pages: 282
Publication Date: 01 January 1998
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

William L. Burton was a Professor of History at Western Illinois University. He was a history consultant for the 3M Corporation and for a major social studies textbook publisher. He served two terms as chair of the history department at Western Illinois University, and served on the editorial boards for two scholarly journals. He was the author and co-author of textbooks and other teaching materials used in elementary and secondary schools and at the college level.