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Re-enactors portray Jews of the Civil War

12/5/2013

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Union Brigadier Gen. Edward S. Salomon (left) commanded the 82nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry, that he help found.  His unit, including more than 100 Jews, earned him his rank when they repulsed a Confederate charge at Gettysburg. 

During the time of the Civil War, there were only 150,000 Jews in the United States;  approximately 10,000 of them fought in the Civil War (6,000 for the Union Army and 4,000 for the Confederacy).  

Read more in the New Jersey News 


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