The American Jew as Patriot, Soldier and Citizen - Simon Wolf

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conviction. The following is the list:

      Edward Jonas, 50th Illinois Infantry.

       S. A. Jonas,

       Julian Jonas,

       Major Charles H. Jonas,

       Hon. Benjamin F. Jonas (of Louisiana).

      South Carolina also had five brothers enrolled in the Confederate army. Their names are:

      Percy Moses, Jr.,

       Joshua L. Moses,

       Horace Moses,

       J. Harby Moses,

       A. Jackson Moses.

      

      Georgia mustered a family of four, a father and three sons, bearing the same historic name as their South Carolina comrades:

      Raphael Moses, Sr.,

       Raphael Moses, Jr.,

       Israel N. Moses,

       A. L. Moses.

      Arkansas furnishes an instance of three brothers, namely:

      Peter Cohen,

       Jacob Cohen,

       Po'el Cohen.

      Another trio hail from the South, two from Georgia and one from South Carolina:

      Isaac A. Goldsmith,

       A. A. Goldsmith,

       M. M. Goldsmith.

      Virginia sent out another three:

      Leopold Levy,

       Samson Levy,

       Solomon Levy.

      Louisiana has also a list of three brothers on her muster rolls:

      Eugene H. Levy,

       Julius H. Levy,

       Joseph C. Levy.

      And yet another trio went forth from Alabama:

      Mordecai Moses,

       Henry C. Moses,

       Alfred Moses.

      This makes a total of nine families on the Southern side, embracing a membership numbering thirty-five, of whom one was enrolled in the Union army.

      The preponderance of such instances in the ranks of the Confederates is due to the fact that the Jews of the Southern States were, in a much larger proportion than those of the North, natives of the soil or residents of long standing. While the Jews were doubtless more numerous at the North than at the South, they were, for the most part, immigrants of a comparatively recent date, and therefore less intensely imbued with the spirit of the conflict.

      

      On the Union side, New York, the nucleus of the Jewish population of this country, naturally furnished the largest quota of Jewish soldiers, and among them were three bands of brothers; one of the families being reinforced by the presence of the father. The roll is as follows:

      First, a family of five:

      Leopold Wenk,

       August Wenk,

       Joseph Wenk,

       Julius Wenk,

       Aaron Wenk.

      Second, a father and his three sons:

      Simon Levy,

       Benjamin C. Levy,

       Albert Levy,

      Hon. Ferdinand Levy, Ex-Coroner and present Register of New York City.

      Third, a trio of brothers:

      Abraham Feder,

       Henry Feder,

       Adolph Feder.

      Pennsylvania also sent three Jewish brothers to the front:

      Lyon L. Emanuel,

       Louis M. Emanuel,

       Jonathan M. Emanuel.

      From Ohio we have another list of three brothers who together took part in the War for the Union:

      Herman Koch,

       Moses Koch,

       Joseph Koch.

      We have thus a list of five families on the Union side, containing eighteen men, a total for both the Confederate and Union sides of fourteen families sending fifty-three men to the war.

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      Assistant Adjutant-General Myer Asch,

      entered the service September 19, 1861, as 2d Lieutenant Company H, 1st New Jersey Cavalry Volunteers; promoted to 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant, December 29, 1861, and Captain, March 24, 1862; served on staff of Major-General John Pope, subsequently appointed Assistant Adjutant-General to Major-General Kautz; also distinguished in other ways; held civic honors, particularly during the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 at Philadelphia.

      Doctor Morris J. Asch,

      on staff of Major-General Philip H. Sheridan.

      Major Newman Borchardt,

      enlisted as Private in Company K, 6th New York Volunteers; promoted to serve on staff of Major-General Oliver O. Howard.

      Captain Isidore Bush, aide-de-camp to General Fremont.

      Captain Max Cohnheim,

      enlisted in the 41st New York; promoted with rank of Captain on the staff of General Sigel.

      Captain—— Dessauer,

      on staff of Major-General Oliver O. Howard; killed at Chancellorsville.

      Rev. Jacob Frankel,

      of Philadelphia, served as Chaplain of United States Hospitals during the Civil War, by appointment of President Lincoln.

      Captain Edward Jonas,

      enlisted in Illinois on staff of Major-General Prentice.

      

      Major M. Lulley,

      formerly on staff of Louis Kossuth, during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848; rendered valuable services during the Civil War, under direction of Secretary of War.

      Colonel Isaac May,

      aide-de-camp to Governor Andrew G. Curtin, of Pennsylvania.

      Sergeant Louis H. Mayer,

      enlisted in the 27th Ohio Regiment, served on staff of General Pope; also with Generals Rosecrans and Grant, taking part in various campaigns.

      Captain Nathan D. Menken,

      on staff of Major-General John Pope, as Commander of his body-guard; he sacrificed his life by remaining in Memphis, Tennessee, and tending to the suffering during a terrible visitation of Yellow fever in 1878.

      Isaac Moses,

      Adjutant-General 3d Army Corps, staff of Major General Heintzelman; subsequently under General Banks.

      Captain Julius Spring,

      on staff of General Van Buren.

      Lieutenant M. Szegely,

      on staff of General Sigel.

      Major Joseph Franklin Tobias,

      aide-de-camp with rank of Major to Major-General D. B. Birney (April 14, 1862—May 16, 1864).

      

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