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发帖数: 38600 | 1 A Chinese American soldier in the Civil War. ： Woo Hong Neok
http://pacivilwar150.com/ThroughPeople/Soldiers/WooHongNeok
In the popular imagination, the American Civil War is an extraordinary drama
portraying the denouement of the exceptionally serious struggle to preserve
the Union and end the institution of slavery. In the unfolding drama the
actors on the battlefield, as well as on the home fronts in both the North
and the South alike, are nearly always white or black Americans with a
smattering of Native Americans. A closer examination of the historical
record reveals surprising details that deepen and enrich understanding of
the nuances of the traditional historical narrative. On March 4, 1921,
historian and prolific writer William Frederic Worner uncovered one such
detail when he read a paper before the Lancaster County Historical Society
entitled "A Chinese Soldier in the Civil War" that provided an interesting
profile of Woo Hong Neok, a Chinese American citizen who lived in Lancaster
from 1855 to 1864. | b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 2 http://www.asianweek.com/2011/10/17/a-short-history-about-chine
The participation of 20,000 Chinese Americans during WW II and the US
alliance with China resulted in the repeal of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
in 1943 and opened the doors to very limited changes in Chinese immigration
which restricted Chinese immigrants to just 105 people each year.
20,000 represents 22% of their portion of the US males！ |
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