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Chinese immigrants served the Union cause by enlisting in both in the Union Army and Navy, while some immigrants served with the Confederacy in Louisiana. Pictured is Corporal Joseph Pierce, a Chinese Union soldier born in Canton, who served in the 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment, Company F, fighting in the Battles of Antietam and Gettysburg.
Edward Day Cohota was born around 1843, likely in Shanghai, China, though conflicting reports obscure his exact birthdate. [1] The earliest account of Edward dates to December 27, 1845, when a ship's master named Sargent Sawyer Day sailed his ship, the Cohota, out of Shanghai's port. [2]
Joseph Pierce [a] (1842 – January 3, 1916) was a Chinese born American soldier who fought in the 14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War and reached the rank of corporal. After the war, he returned to Connecticut and worked as a silver engraver until his death in 1916.
A small number of Chinese fought during the American Civil War. Of the approximately 200 Chinese people in the eastern United States at the time, 58 are known to have fought in the Civil War, many of them in the Navy. Most fought for the Union, but a small number also fought for the Confederacy. [54] Union soldiers with Chinese heritage
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. 1927–1949 civil war in China For other uses, see Chinese Civil War (disambiguation). Chinese Civil War Part of the interwar period, the Chinese Communist Revolution and the Cold War Clockwise from top left: Communist troops at the Battle of Siping National Revolutionary Army troops ...
During the Chinese Civil War the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) was known to have used penal battalions from 1945 to 1949. A unit made up of deserters and those accused of cowardice, the penal battalion was giving such tasks as scouting ahead of the main forces to check for ambushes, crossing rivers and torrents to see whether they were ...
During the American Civil War Germany was the place of birth for thousands of Union soldiers. Several German speaking regiments existed such as the 9th Ohio Infantry, or the 74th Pennsylvania Infantry. In the Spanish Civil War, the state-sponsored Condor Legion fought for the Nationalists, while the Thälmann Battalion fought for the Republicans.
Part of Chinese Civil War: Overview map Light red areas show Communist enclaves. Areas marked by a blue "X" were overrun by Kuomintang forces during the Fourth Encirclement Campaign, forcing the Fourth (north) and Second (south) Red Armies to retreat westward (dotted lines). The heavy dashed line is the route of the First Red Army from Jiangxi ...