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       Although it is not generally acknowledged, a number of soldiers of Hispanic ancestry fought on behalf of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.  As a result of the Spanish colonial settlement of the Gulf Coast states and, during the 19th century, Mexican control of the territories that were to become Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a significant number of Hispanic-Americans were affected by the outbreak of the Civil War.  As John O'Donnell-Rosales explains in the Introduction to his ground-breaking list of Hispanic Confederate soldiers, many of these individuals-including workmen, farmers, businessmen, and sailors living in cities like New Orleans, St. Louis, Baton Rouge, Pensacola, St. Augustine, San Antonio, Brownsville, Biloxi, and Mobile-would have to choose between slavery-which had been outlawed throughout Latin America, with the exception of the Spanish overseas colonies of Cuba/Puerto Rico, prior to 1860-and their natural desire to protect their way of life in the South.  After consulting a number of primary and secondary sources, including numerous rosters of Confederate soldiers, the author has compiled for this Third Edition the most comprehensive roster of Hispanic Confederate soldiers in print.

       This Third Edition lists more than 6150 officers and enlisted soldiers (including Medical Doctors, Women and Hispanics holding political office under the Confederacy ).  Arranged alphabetically by surname, the entries give each individual's rank, company, and regiment (Infantry, Cavalry, etc.).  Included among the soldiers are persons of  Jewish (Sephardic) descent whose ancestors were expelled from Spain in 1492;Mulattos of Spanish/African ancestry who had acculturated as Hispanics; Mestizos of Spanish/Native American ancestry; a handful of Asian men from (the until 1898) Spanish colony of the Philippines; the Minorcans of Florida; the Islenos of Louisiana; Cubans; Mexicans; white Spaniards representing all ethnic groups (Basque, Catalonians, Galicians, and Canary Islanders); plus a short list of Hispanic Confederate naval personnel.  At the back of the volume is a bibliography of the sources utilized by the author in the compilation of this unique list.

      John O'Donnell-Rosales, is a Genealogy Researcher, specializing in military records/unit histories from the Colonial Period to Vietnam, as well as the history and genealogy of the Southern states during the Spanish, French, and British colonial period.  He is an expert in Confederate military records and Cuban, Mexican, and Spanish family histories & military records.

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