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...Theodore Ropp The Twentieth Maine: A Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War . By Pullen John J. . Philadelphia and New York : J. B. Lippincott Company , 1957 . Pp. x , 338 . $5.00 . Copyright © 1958 by Duke University Press 1958 136 The South Atlantic Quarterly controlled...

...Howard R. Marraro Copyright © 1945 by Duke University Press 1945 VOLUNTEERS FROM ITALY FOR LINCOLN S ARMY* HOWARD R. MARRARO APERUSAL OF the files of the leading Italian newspapers of the Civil War period cannot but convince the reader that the Italian people sympathized with Lincoln s...

... coherence suggest that we cannot speak of this as a social movement in the conventional sense. However, the newly emerged volunteerism for refugees is far from being unpolitical, as an analysis of survey data, semi-narrative interviews, and group discussions with volunteers reveal. For the majority...

...China Medel This paper employs an abolitionist framework to understand direct-action humanitarian aid along the US-Mexico border. Focusing on my own experiences volunteering with No More Deaths, an organization providing critical aid along the US-Mexico border, I think through the role of care...

...: Reminis­ cences of a Volunteer, an imaginary account of a successful invasion of Britain, crystallized these forebodings when it appeared in Blockwood's Magazine for May, 1871. Medicated as a sugar-coated pill of sensationalism, its purpose was to cure the British of their false sense of security. Though...

... Domain: Boundary Work of Professionals and Volunteers in the Context of Social Service Reform .” Current Sociology 66 , no. 3 : 392 – 411 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392116677300 . Van Doorn Niels . 2020 . “ A New Institution on the Block: On Platform Urbanism and Airbnb Citizenship...

... as a voter. Actually, there is not much of a story for Mr. Lewis to tell. Grant was only one of many West Point graduates in civilian life. Some were successful; others, like Grant s friend Sherman, were failures. When war came most of these men applied to the governors who controlled the state volunteer...

... exposure while making this crossing, groups like No More Deaths regularly go out on patrol in the Ajo corridor to provide humanitarian relief. I volunteer with No More Deaths and spend many weekends out on patrol, working to distribute water, food, and first aid to migrants who find themselves...

... The South Atlantic Quarterly fled to the Isle of Wight, where the navy had a strong concentration. The best-trained soldiers were organized to repel the French land­ ing, a large volunteer force was recruited, and the navy was strength­ ened. In May, 1794, a French fleet under Vestabel, convoying pro­...

... and a widening set of exploitation industries that bank on the deepening of human tragedy. In the mix, volunteers with the humanitarian organization No More Deaths have been working to offer a critical measure of care and protection to migrants and refugees who find themselves stranded in the backcountry.1 Every...

..., prompted the head of the Border Patrol to call for the formation of a volunteer civilian patrol based on the Minutemen model, and were represented on NBC’s popular show The West Wing. Chapters sprang up throughout the country; border security became an issue in Tennessee, Minnesota, and Maine. Nearly...

... individual lives and hoping that their efforts serve (rather than hin- der) the larger project of abolition. A Detour through Doctrine: The Problem of Death Penalty “Volunteers”. But what about these reforms and individual efforts? Beyond suggesting that reform in general should not be dismissed...

... and Cousin Ross do not see eye to eye. Mississippi: The Crisis in Review 287 Letters From Mississippi5 is made up of excerpts from letters to parents and friends from over a hundred of the volunteers who went to Mississippi to live and work with Negro families in the summer of 1964. The letters were edited...

... a plan for arming them, By act of the legislature soldiers in the field were to vote, but no instance is found of their having done so. fFew were conscripted but the effect of the passage of the law was to cause many to volunteer earlier than they wished. It was a disgrace to be con­ scripted. JSee...

... promptly seceded, and a general outpouring of support took place. With the long season of tension and uncertainty finally broken, southern men and boys of all classes rushed to defend their homes. By July, 1861, the Confederate government had turned away 200,000 volunteers whom it could not arm.4 Sectional...

... was made up by drafting, in which case a bounty of $50 was given, and in both cases all were provided with clothing and camping outfits at the expense of the county. It was enacted that the volunteers and drafts of the districts of Halifax, Edenton, New Bern, and Wilmington should rendezvous at Halifax...

... already begun in anticipation of Re­ publican control of the presidency. Public meetings and parades of hastily formed units of minute men increased popular pressures for secession. State authorities encouraged a more systematic organization of volunteer companies after South Carolina left the Union...

... population, the Middle West, including Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, did far better in furnishing recruits to the Union armies than did the East. Some of the Demo­ cratic counties were among the banner recruiting counties. Because they filled their volunteer quotas repeatedly, numerous communi­ ties...

... American volunteers became the nucleus of the Paris branch of the American Ambulance Ser­ vice. In April, 1915, Piatt Andrew and others organized the Field Service, with headquarters at an historic chateau at Passy. Later, an independent section of twenty cars was at­ tached for duty to a French division...