ISBN10: 1572332794, ISBN13: 9781572332799, [publisher: University of Tennessee Press, Chicago] Hardcover Hardcover. If a full company is needed for some easy service, e.g., Provost-Guard, a German company is never taken. If an entire company is required for rough service, e.g., several days or several weeks as Train-Guard, a German company will be ordered whenever possible. As this happens on a company basis, so it happens to individuals in the mixed companies. As a rule, the German has to wade through the mud, while the American walks on the dry road. The German is a Dutch soldier and as a Dutchman he is, if not despised, is disrespected, and not regarded or treated as an equal. -- Gottfried Rentschler, March 10, 1864 John Daeubles diary and Gottfried Rentschlers letters provide a fresh and much needed addition to Civil War literature. Originally written in German, these rare documents cover the participation of two immigrants in the historic battles around Chattanooga, the pursuit of Longstreets corps in East Tennessee, and Shermans grueling Atlanta campaign. More than one third of the 6th Kentucky, U.S., came from Germany, and these comrades describe their experiences from the perspective of Dutch soldiers as well as chronicling the military actions of their regiment. Although around 200,000 German immigrants served in the Union army, stereotypes abounded as to their lack of patriotism and courage. Daeubles diary and Rentschlers letters help to counter these ...
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ISBN10: 1572332794, ISBN13: 9781572332799, [publisher: University of Tennessee Press] Hardcover New in publisher's shrinkwrap. // Packed securely and shipped in a sturdy box. Daeuble’s richly detailed diary entries and Rentschler’s lengthy letters are important additions to the still-incomplete mosaic of the Civil War, not only because of their engaging content but also because they help fill significant voids created by an almost complete lack of published sources from Kentucky’s Union soldiers and by the shortage of primary source materials about German immigrants who fought in the war.
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