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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Keller, Christian B. |
| Title, Analytic | 'All We Ask Is Justice': German-American Reactions to the Battle of Chancellorsville |
| Journal Title | Yearbook of German-American Studies |
| Date of Publication | 2006 |
| Volume ID | 41 |
| Location in Work | 1-26, ill. |
| ISSN | 0741-2827 |
| Abstract | Anglo-Americans in the Army of the Potomac and at home strongly blamed the German-born element of the Eleventh Corps for the Union defeat at Chancellorsville in May 1863. In so doing, they found an easy scapegoat and an excuse with which to ease their consciences. . . . Nativist attacks in the English-language press, especially, wreaked havoc with German trust and morale. Soldiers, civilians, and newspapermen alike rallied to the defense of the German troops accused of cowardice, carefully refuting the slanderous criticism in the American papers. . . . Articles appeared in German-language newspapers starkly distinguishing the difference between German and Americans in the Chancellorsville affair, and several national meetings occurred in which German patriotism and virtue were held up against American slander and military failure. The German Americans had clearly experienced a severe jolt on the road to Americanization. |
| Notes | Includes bibliographical notes. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Civil War, 1861-1865 -- German Americans/ Anti-German sentiment/ 19th century/ Newspapers, German-American |