Jewish Confederates

In his latest study of the Civil War, Robert N. Rosen introduces readers to the community of Southern Jews of the 1860s, heretofore lost to historians & the general public. With the exception of Judah P. Benjamin, Jewish Confederates are largely unknown even to specialists of American Jewish history & Civil War history. Rosen reveals the remarkable breadth of Southern Jewry's participation in the war & strength of Jewish commitment to the Confederate cause. Intrigued by the apparent irony of their story, Rosen weaves a surprisingly complex chronicle that dispels misconceptions about the Confederacy, its leadership & soldiers, & its Jewish population. Rosen finds that although many members of the established, prominent Jewish communities of Charleston, Richmond, & Savannah volunteered for battle, the majority of Jewish Confederates were recent immigrants. He describes the communities they established throughout the South & explains their reasons for supporting the cause of Southern independence. This chronicle relates the experiences of officers, enlisted men, businessmen, politicians, nurses, rabbis, & doctors. He recounts the careers of such important Jewish Confederates as Judah P. Benjamin, a member of Jefferson Davis's cabinet; Col. Abraham C. Myers, quartermaster general of the Confederacy; Maj. Adolph Proskauer of the 125th Alabama; Maj. Alexander Hart of the Louisiana 5th; & Phoebe Levy Pember, the matron of Richmond's Chimborazo Hospital. He narrates the adventures & careers of Jewish officers & profiles the many "Jewish Johnny Rebs" who fought in infantry, cavalry, & artillery units in every major campaign.Rosen, Robert N. is the author of 'Jewish Confederates' with ISBN 9781570033636 and ISBN 1570033633.