When General Grant expelled the Jews / Jonathan D. Sarna.

Title:

ISBN:

9780805242799

Personal Author:

Sarna, Jonathan D.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

New York : Nextbook : Schocken, [2012]

Physical Description:

xiii, 201 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm.

Contents:

General Orders No. 11 -- "Jews as a class" -- The Election of 1868 -- "To prove impartiality towards Israelites" -- "This age of enlightenment" -- "Then and now."

Summary:

An account of Ulysses S. Grant's hotly contested Civil War decision to expel Jewish citizens from the territory under his command evaluates the reverberations of his decision on his career, the nascent Jewish-American community, and the nation's political process.

Personal Subject:

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885-Political and social views.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885-Military leadership.

Geographic Term:

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Jews

United States -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th century

Subject Term:

Jews--Southern States -- History 19th century

Series Title:

Jewish encounters.

Series Sequence:

Jewish encounters