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
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.