Sons of Garibaldi in Blue and Gray: Italians in the American Civil War (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781934043806)

Not much has been written about the Italian immigrant experience prior to 1880. This book, through careful analysis of primary and archival sources, brings to life the Civil War-time trials and tribulations of several notable Italian Americans--Bancroft Gherardi, Luigi Palma di Cesnola, Francis B. Spinola, Decimus et Ultimus Barziza, and Edward Ferrero, among others. Though their numbers were few, Italian Americans played central roles in the bloodiest war in our country's history. Included in this book are samples of John Garibaldi's wartime correspondence to his wife, lists of Italian Americans who served as officers and noncommissioned sailors in the Union Navy, and first-hand correspondence of William Howell Reed (Virginia hospitals overseer under President Grant) and the brother of a young Italian who died in the hospital during the war. Sons of Garibaldi in Blue and Gray fills a critical gap in studies of Italian American life in the United States in the late 1800s.

Author: Frank W. Alduino, David J. Coles
ISBN-10: 193404380X
ISBN-13: 9781934043806
Publisher: Cambria Press
Language: English
Published: 12/08/2007
Pages: 472
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.89lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 86