Bibliographical
Note
Very
little has been written about the Franco-American participation
in the Civil War. Indeed, the general lack of reliable sources
on the subject has proved to be a major deterrent to many historians.
Consequently, most accessible English-language sources tend to
deal primarily with English Canadian issues and participation.
However these can still provide a good starting point and a wealth
of information. The most useful examination of Canadian-American
relations during the Civil War era can be found in Robin W. Winks’
Canada and the United States: The Civil War Years (Montreal
and Kingston, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 4th
ed., 1998). Three general works will also be found particularly
helpful: Marcus Lee Hansen and John Bartlet Brebner, The Mingling
of the Canadian and American Peoples, Volume I: Historical (Toronto
and New Haven, Ryerson Press and Yale University Press, 1940);
Hugh Keenleyside, Canada and the United States: Some Aspects
of Their Historical Relations (New York, Knopf, 2nd
ed., 1952); and L. B. Shippee, Canadian-American Relations,
1849-1874 (Toronto and New Haven, Ryerson Press and Yale University
Press, 1939). These studies are dated but have retained their
usefulness. Good accounts of the growth of French America during
the Civil War years can be found in the following general studies:
Armand Chartier, The Franco-Americans of New England: A History
(Manchester and Worcester, ACA Assurance and Institut français
of Assumption College, 1999); Yves Roby, Les Franco-Américains
de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, 1776-1930 (Sillery, Septentrion,
1990); and Robert Rumilly, Histoire des Franco-Américains
(Montreal, self-published, 1958). On the American Civil War in
general, the best work is James McPherson’s Pulitzer Prize winning
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (New York, Ballatine
Books 1989). Robert E. Chenard provides a list of the Franco-Americans
of Waterville, Maine, who fought in the Civil War at his web site
(http://members.mint.net/frenchcx/civwar.htm).
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