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From Germantown in 1683 to the battlefields of the Civil War and the factories of the Industrial Age, this is the story of how German immigrants helped build America. Beginning with the thirteen families who founded Germantown, this book traces more than two centuries of German migration to the United States. It explores the religious refugees of the colonial era, the Pennsylvania Dutch communities, the Forty-Eighters who fled revolution in 1848, the German regiments of the Civil War, and the brewing empires and farming dynasties that shaped the Midwest. Inside you will discover: The first German settlement in America in 1683 The rise of Pennsylvania German culture German involvement in the American Revolution The massive migration waves of the 1800s The political refugees of 1848 and their influence on Lincoln and the Union German regiments in the Civil War The building of Milwaukee, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and the Midwest The brewing industry and agricultural transformation The impact of World War I and the collapse of German-language America Drawing on immigration statistics, census records, church archives, military history, and cultural documentation, this book reveals how German immigrants became one of the largest and most influential ancestry groups in the United States. They did not simply arrive. They built. They fought. They shaped a nation. This is the story of German America.

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