"The Blessed Place of Freedom provides a comprehensive overview of European immigrants? perspectives on the American Civil War and the reactions of immigrant participants and European observers to a wide variety of events. Dean Mahin examines each major immigrant group?s population and geographic distribution; the number who served in immigrant-dominated military units, such as the famous Irish Brigade and the Louisiana Zouaves; those who became officers during the war, such as the Union?s Carl Schurz (born in Germany) and the Confederacy?s Patrick Cleburne (born in Ireland); and significant individuals who visited America during the war as volunteers, correspondents, or observers." -- Amazon.com.

1Decisive Elements in the Coming Struggle - Europeans in the North: 1856-1861 1 -- 2 Show Yourselves Worthy of Freedom - Germans in the North 11 -- 3 Plant That Flag on Fort and Crag - Irish in the North 21 -- 4 Putting Down This Awful Rebellion - Britons in the North 29 -- 5 A Fine Appearance - French in the North 39 -- 6 For the Sake of Right and Freedom - Other Europeans in the North 43 -- 7 Replenishing Stream - European Immigration during the Civil War 51 -- 8 Seeds of Discord Had Been Thickly Sown - Europeans in the South: An Introduction 59 -- 9 Friends, Brothers, and Neighbors - Germans in the South 65 -- 10 They Caught the Spirit of the Community - Irish in the South 77 -- 11 Duty to Cause and Country - Britons in the South 85 -- 12 Until the Land Is Blessed with Peace - French and Other Europeans in the South 97 -- 13 To Ogle the President - Two Presidents 105 -- 14 A Head Capable of Managing Great Armies - The War in the East: 1861-1862 111 -- 15 Valley of the Shadow of Death - Chancellorsville and Gettysburg: 1863 125 -- 16 Vicksburg Has Fallen! The War in the West: 1861-1863 135 -- 17 Zeal and Bravery of Citizen Soldiers - Union and Confederate Armies 141 -- 18 A Bold and Daring Enterprise - Naval Dimensions of the Civil War 155 -- 19 Will Europe Ever Recognize the Confederacy? Union and Confederate Relations with Britain: 1861-1863 165 -- 20 This Abominable Institution - Slavery and Emancipation 179 -- 21 With the Sublimity of Genius, or of Madness - Gettysburg to Atlanta: 1863-1864 191 -- 22 This Turbulent Democracy - The Presidential Election of 1864 199 -- 23 America Has Felt Her Strength - International Issues: 1863-1865 205 -- 24 A Thunderclap from the Blue Sky - Atlanta to Appomattox: 1864-1865 215 -- Appendix I European-born Commanders in the Union Army 225 -- Appendix II European-born Commanders in the Confederate Army 241.