Chinese Americans

[Gav1230]

Did any Chinese Americans serve in the american civil war? If so, would they be put in white or colored units?

 

[101combatvet]

Did any Chinese Americans serve in the american civil war? If so, would they be put in white or colored units?

Yes... they did serve and in white units.

 

[AUG]

A couple of good links
https://sites.google.com/site/accsacw/
http://sampan.org/2013/04/lecture-remembers-unsung-chinese-fighters-of-american-civil-war/

 

[gary]

I remember reading one memoir where the Cornfed was in the Florida Coast Guard. Besides the usual assortmrnt of nationalities, there were Hispanics, there was one Chinese and one Filipino sailor aboardship. It was on page 27 of Watson's Southern Service On Land And Sea.

 

[Samwisep86]

This thread: http://civilwartalk.com/threads/chinese-soldiers-in-the-civil-war.78443/ has more information about Chinese in the Civil War as well as an informative video.