Foreigners in the Confederacy - by Ella Lonn (Paperback)

About the Book

The Confederate armies included in their ranks a remarkable range of nationalities--among them Germans, Irish, Italians, French, Poles, Mexicans, Cubans, Hungarians, Russians, Swedes, Danes, and Chinese. Covering the complete story of the activities of the foreigners in the Confederacy--in both military and civil service--this book recognizes their many contributions to the cause of the South. First published in 1940, it remains the only work on the subject.

Book Synopsis

The Confederate armies included in their ranks a remarkable range of nationalities--among them Germans, Irish, Italians, French, Poles, Mexicans, Cubans, Hungarians, Russians, Swedes, Danes, and Chinese. Covering the complete story of the activities of the foreigners in the Confederacy--in both military and civil service--this book recognizes their many contributions to the cause of the South. First published in 1940, it remains the only work on the subject.

Review Quotes

No one, whether professional historian or layman, can claim to be an authority on the Confederacy without perusing "Foreigners in the Confederacy". ("Journal of Southern History")

Lonn has made a valuable contribution to the realistic study of the Confederacy in giving us such a comprehensive treatment of this foreign element and its part in the Southern war effort. ("William and Mary Quarterly")

The story is told with vividness, appreciation, and a wealth of incident and human detail. ("Journal of the American Military Institute")

Two widely accepted beliefs of Southern history go down under the weight of Lonn's array of evidence in this competent monograph: that few foreign born were domiciled in the South before the Civil War, and that the Confederate armed forces, unlike those of the North, received little help from men of alien birth. ("American Historical Review")

About the Author

Ella Lonn was professor of history at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland.