Yankee Dutchmen under Fire

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Yankee Dutchmen under Fire: Civil War Letters from the 82nd Illinois Infantry

Life and death, pride and prejudice, and combat in an ethnic Civil War regimentThousands of volumes of Civil War letters are available, but little more than a dozen contain collections written by native Germans fighting in this great American conflict. Get Yankee Dutchmen under Fire literature books for free.
Yankee Dutchmen under Fire presents a fascinating collection of sixty-one letters written by immigrants who served in the 82nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The 82nd Illinois was one of the thirty or so predominantly German Regiments in the Union army, and one of only two Federal regiments containing a Jewish company. Fighting alongside the Germans was a company of Scandinavians, plus a scattering of immigrants from many other countries.The letters span nearly three years of w Check Yankee Dutchmen under Fire our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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