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German-Americans in the Civil War
During the American Civil War, nearly 200,000 native Germans served in the Union Army. Second only to Irish-Americans, German-Americans in the American Civil War were the largest contingent to fight under the Union with New York and Ohio both providing 10 divisions dominated largely by native-born Germans.
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