About: German Americans in the American Civil War

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German-Americans were the largest ethnic contingent to fight for the Union in the American Civil War. More than 200,000 native-born Germans, along with another 250,000 1st-generation German-Americans, served in the Union Army, notably from New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio. Several thousand also fought for the Confederacy. Most German born residents of the Confederacy lived in Louisiana and Texas. Many others were 3rd- and 4th-generation Germans whose ancestors migrated to Virginia and the Carolinas in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

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  • Deutsche stellten im Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg (1861 – 1865) die größte Gruppe ausländischer Soldaten. Um 1860 lebten rund 1,3 Millionen in Deutschland geborene Einwanderer in den USA, davon lediglich etwa 72 000 in den Südstaaten. (de)
  • German-Americans were the largest ethnic contingent to fight for the Union in the American Civil War. More than 200,000 native-born Germans, along with another 250,000 1st-generation German-Americans, served in the Union Army, notably from New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio. Several thousand also fought for the Confederacy. Most German born residents of the Confederacy lived in Louisiana and Texas. Many others were 3rd- and 4th-generation Germans whose ancestors migrated to Virginia and the Carolinas in the 18th and early 19th centuries. (en)
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  • Deutsche stellten im Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg (1861 – 1865) die größte Gruppe ausländischer Soldaten. Um 1860 lebten rund 1,3 Millionen in Deutschland geborene Einwanderer in den USA, davon lediglich etwa 72 000 in den Südstaaten. (de)
  • German-Americans were the largest ethnic contingent to fight for the Union in the American Civil War. More than 200,000 native-born Germans, along with another 250,000 1st-generation German-Americans, served in the Union Army, notably from New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio. Several thousand also fought for the Confederacy. Most German born residents of the Confederacy lived in Louisiana and Texas. Many others were 3rd- and 4th-generation Germans whose ancestors migrated to Virginia and the Carolinas in the 18th and early 19th centuries. (en)
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  • Deutsche im Sezessionskrieg (de)
  • German Americans in the American Civil War (en)
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