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A new book untangles one of the best-known incidents involving Jews in the American Civil War.

Edward Solomon rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on the 82nd Illinois Infantry, serving with distinction at Gettysburg. JTA photo from Library of Congress. Max Glass, a recent immigrant from Hungary, had an unhappy Civil War. Tricked out of his enlistment bonus when he joined the Eighth Connecticut Infantry—recent arrivals were soft touches for

Book 'Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War,' out November 15, shows how Jewish troops fought in an army that served pork, rested Sundays and was led by a general who didn't want them

Sadly, even as many Jewish soldiers became American by serving in the Union army, the Civil War produced a range of pernicious ideas about Jews that have proven remarkably durable.