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美国南北战争参军人数按族裔比例最高的居然是华人! 51人尽管这个数目本身不足为道,然而按照当时华人人数在美国的比例来说,却是所有族裔里参军人数最高的。
美国的南北战争爆发于1861年,历时四年, 约529,000名士兵阵亡。
美国两位历史学家Thomas Lowry 和 Edward Milligan 从国家档案发现至少至少51名华人参加了这场战争,甚至战死沙场。
Lowry said that although the number of Chinese who served was small in relationship to the total Chinese American population of the time, a higher percentage served than in any other ethnic group. He called for a plaque or a monument, to give credit to these men and to their brave and loyal service.
这51名华人士兵更详细的资料见:
http://bluegraychinese.blogspot.com/
美国国防部档案:http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=44949
美国南北战争华人军人协会 https://sites.google.com/site/accsacw/Home
这部纪录片里你可以看到两位史料比较详细的两位士兵John Pierces 和 Edward Cohota的重孙女接受访谈:
John Pierces:
Edward Cohota
Hong Neok Woo:
John / William Hang
Antonio Dardell,在著名的Gettyburg 为南方军作战。
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