CSPAN3 Abraham Lincoln And Immigration Clip February 4, 2017
Www. Cspan. Org history. Tonight on the civil war, author and historian earl holzer talks about abraham lincolns views on immigration policy. Heres a preview. Lincoln hit upon an ingenious organizing device that his counterpart, jefferson davis, did not adopt, and that is important military commissions to foreignborn officers who would be able to recruit and form ethnicallybased military companies. For example, lincolns old carl schurz, first appointed to the embassy of spain, came back and organize the german unit. He went on to fight without distinction at chancellorsville, gettysburg, finis...
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