(1861 CE – 1864 CE)
Like all civil wars, very painfully pits “brother against brother” often literally from the same nuclear family…catastrophic casualty toll…625,000 soldier deaths alone…the penultimate American national trauma. An unmitigated disaster.
However, it does end slavery.
150,000 Jews in America at this time.
5:1 ratio: Jewish service in the Union: Jewish service in the Confederacy.
Nine Jewish generals and 21 Jewish colonels total for the two warring sides.