Talk:Forty-Eighters
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Re. the number of Germans in the Union Army, there seem to be several sources confirming this figure, e.g: "216,000 German born men were on the rolls of both the North and the South, with 177,000 in the Union Army" [1] "Statistics show that about 177,000 German born men were on the rolls of the Union Army. There were many more of German parentage, of course. Some served out of sheer patriotism, some to gain acceptance from their fellow Americans. " germanheritage.com "During the American Civil War, more than 180.000 German-born men fought in the Union armies East and West, plus tens of thousands of Austrians, Poles, Hungarians, and Czechs. Out of this number, possibly up to an estimated five thousand had previously served in the revolutionary armies and insurrections in Baden, the Palatinate, in Hungary, the Rhineland, Transsylvania, Poland, Bohemia, Berlin, or Saxony." Geschichtstheatergesellschaft "1848" Saint|swithin 08:43, August 22, 2005 (UTC) Albeit brief, but no mention that many of the 48'ers were Communists? From a source that is supposed to neutral in its POV, it would be well to analyze the political leanings of the immigrants, no matter what its nature, as it had a direct bearing on the shape of our country today. Another Wikipedia article simply called 48'ers "freethinkers". I'm starting to detect an intentional bias in hiding the Communistic/Socialistic/Progressive nature of many of the 48'ers. Granted I don't want the result to be a diatribe for the Sons of the Confederacy, but some recognition of the political leanings of such men is warranted.
