German Immigrants in Civil War

Yes Bobbi, I did and there was no listing. I did find him in the text of Confederate Soldiers but that info was minimal. I hought that maybe there was more in NARA. I believe the unit he served in was composed of mostly immigrants and they served only as protectors or guards around the city of New Orleans. I will post anything I may find at NARA
Max

Max
Have you tried the Civil War soldiers and Sailors System?

      see: www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/

Larry Heim

I keep wondering why all my Irish immigrants served but none of my
German immigrants (who were here in the USA a little earlier) did. Were
there NO New Jersey regiments?

I found one 1850 immigrant who didn't get naturalized until 1870. Is that
why? Were only naturalized citizens permitted? I know it's not that way
now, but .....

My German great-grandfather first lived in Iowa, but moved to Nebraska to
avoid the war. Iowa was involved in the war but not Nebraska. There was a
lot of land available so that made it easier. So they say....

Barbara

I keep wondering why all my Irish immigrants served but none of my

Hallo,

Sure there wree New Jersey regiments...

A Simple Google search...

Civil War + New Jersey...

http://www.civilwararchive.com/unionnj.htm

Barbie-Lew

P.S. Missouri

Per this site.... http://home.usmo.com/~momollus/MOFACTS.HTM

Germans took the lead as war opened; six regiments were made up solely of Germans in Missouri.

NOTE: The 31,000 Germans in Missouri who went into blue saved the Western frontier for the Union; four fifths of the St. Louis Union men were foreign~born, chiefly German.

http://home.usmo.com/~momollus/MOFACTS.HTM

Barbie-Lew

I keep wondering why all my Irish immigrants served but none of my
German immigrants (who were here in the USA a little earlier) did. Were
there NO New Jersey regiments?

I found one 1850 immigrant who didn't get naturalized until 1870. Is that
why? Were only naturalized citizens permitted? I know it's not that way
now, but .....