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(1840-1870)

 

Those pages are dedicated to the story of the Belgians having be involved in the American Civil War era:
Immigrants, sons of immigrants, or soldiers fighting for their ideas. 

I'll try to put here all I'll find of these men in their new country or in their old one.

 

Union
Civil War Soldiers
  • U.S. Volunteers by states

  • Medals of honor

  • Staff and special Units

  • Regulars

  • Navy

  • old soldier's home

  • DRaft

Confederate
Civil War Soldiers
  • C.S.Volunteers by states

  • C. S. Regulars,Navy, Etc...

Emigrants arrival
  • Between 1820 and 1870, by year and by ship, the arrival of Belgian travelers and immigrants 
    also alphabetically referenced from 1820 to 1870 by port of arrival (Index)

  • Documents and testimonies related to their emigration

  • Belgian regulations and legislation at various dates concerning ships & passengers

  • Official representatives from Belgium in the USA

Belgians in America
  • histories of the settlements by County/State
    (with Statistics of the Belgians from various sources)

  • The Belgians from the U.S. censuses of 1850 and 1860 and 1870.
    ( transcribed by County/State )

    also alphabetically referenced for the 1850, 1860 and 1870 censuses. (INDEX)

  • THe Belgians in new york state censuses (1855 & 1865)

  • CANADIAN CENSUSES: 1851, 1861, 1871

  •  Biographies of settlers

  • catholic missions

Books & Documents

- Sources available upon the story of
   those Belgians.
- On-line reproduction of private and
   official documents, archives and books

  • Books & Articles
    Some of them are available on-line, either on my web site   or on other web sites 

  • Bibliographies

  • Immigrants Ships

  • Magazines   & Newspapers

  • Manuscripts

  • Archives &  old papers
    In the "Archives" are also books, reports, correspondence, and other documents written during the Civil War era and related to official and private attemps of Belgian colonization in the United States 

  • Manuels de l'émigrant

  • Histoires de Voyageurs et D'émigrants

Sources & Links
  •  web sites related to the data found in this one.

I'm already searching to give more substance to this site so,
if you want to send me a comment or know some information
 upon the presence of Belgians in the U.S.A. during that era,
you can reach me at :
 
 


      Guy Gallez