To: familyop
""During the Great Confederate War southern Jews enlisted at a many fold rate higher than northern Jews."
...don't know if I'd go that far with it.
"Sergeant-Major Abraham Cohn, one of the 9,000 Jews who fought for the Union (some 2,000 Jews fought for the South),..." [RMC Mark S. Starin, USNR (Ret.), Post 100, Jewish War Veterans of the USA, Sergeant-Major Abraham Cohn: Jewish-American Civil War Hero, jewish-history.com . http://www.jewish-history.com/sergeant_cohn.html)"
During the civil war there were 150,000 Jews in both the north and south, of that population, only ten percent, or 15,000 resided in the confederacy, versus 135,000 in the north. In the south Jews enlisted overwhelmingly to fight for their country, not so in the north, there they were for the most part conscripted. (read drafted)
60 posted on
05/13/2005 5:59:39 PM PDT by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: Ursus arctos horribilis
"In the south Jews enlisted overwhelmingly to fight for their country, not so in the north, there they were for the most part conscripted. (read drafted)"
In 1862, the Confederacy conscripted every man who was between the ages of 18 and 35.
64 posted on
05/13/2005 7:08:59 PM PDT by
familyop
("Let us try" sounds better, don't you think? "Essayons" is so...Latin.)
To: Ursus arctos horribilis
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During the civil war there were 150,000 Jews in both the north and south, of that population, only ten percent, or 15,000 resided in the confederacy, versus 135,000 in the north."
There were actually about 25,000 of them in the South then. That brings the ratio to nearly the same on each of the two sides.
From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America (Library of Congress)
And most of those who enlisted in the South were recent immigrants who were out to prove their worth to their new neighbors.
68 posted on
05/13/2005 7:27:48 PM PDT by
familyop
("Let us try" sounds better, don't you think? "Essayons" is so...Latin.)
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