Jews in the Civil War

Jean Powers Soman

Jean Powers Soman

A Jewish Colonel in the Civil War, Marcus M. Spiegel of the Ohio Volunteers: Edited by Jean Powers Soman and Frank L. Byrne (University of Nebraska Press)

Book contains most of Colonel Marcus M Spiegel’s Letters home from the battlefields of the Civil War.

Jean and Bill Soman

Jean & Bill Soman&Family 2020

Jean and Bill Soman Wedding photo 6-15-69

In Memory Of My Beloved Sister Susan P. Scott (1951-2020)

In Memory of my Beloved Sister SUSAN P. SCOTT (1951-2020)

In Memory of Colonel Marcus M. Spiegel, a German-Jewish immigrant (1829-1864) Who gave his life to Free the Slaves and Preserve the United States of America

Colonel Marcus M. Spiegel, 1829-1864
A German-Jewish immigrant who was killed during the American Civil War. A true patriot who gave his life to preserve the United States and free the slaves.

via In Memory of Colonel Marcus M. Spiegel, a German-Jewish immigrant (1829-1864) Who gave his life to Free the Slaves and Preserve the United States of America

Abraham Lincoln photograph taken by Samuel G. Alschuler April 25, 1858 Urbana, Illinois

 Abraham Lincoln photograph taken by Samuel G. Alschuler April 25, 1858 Urbana, Illinois

The photographer was Samuel G. Alschuler, a German-Jewish immigrant , who came to America in the 1840’s. He  lent Lincoln his velvet collared coat to wear in the April 25, 1858 photograph. He took a second photograph of Lincoln in Chicago on November 25, 1860.  This photograph was the first one taken with Lincoln growing a beard.Alschuler also took a photograph of Lincoln’s Funeral procession when it passed through Chicago in 1865.

Samuel G. Alschuler is the great grandfather of Jean Powers Soman.