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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.

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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."


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"...Only ten percent of the 150,000 American Jews at the time of the Civil War lived in the South."