Soldiers from the Farther North : A Research Note on Canadians in the Union Army in the American Civil War

Blaine, Nicholas;Mancuso, Rebecca

Article describing the participation of French and English Canadians in the United States Civil War. Justifications for participation - economic, political, personal, and otherwise - from primary and secondary source literature. Domestic Canadian and international implications for Canadian activity in US war. Complications of citizenship and participant moral attitudes toward nationalism, slavery, and other issues. Questions directed toward the complexities surrounding wartime immigration, travel, and/or displacement, and suggestions for further research in family and other archival collections.

2013-spr

en

Journal Article

1860s; United States; Canada

49th Parallel

1753-5794 (online)

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