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Show --. Hebrews in the Civil War. New York Time.-.. Some ,,f tue representative Hebrews of the I uiteil States are indignant over an article iu the lul number of a well-known review, hi which "flic .lew as a Soldier" is treated in :i manner which reflects upon the bravery ana patriotlim of the Hotirews us a race. Thov hare therefore undertaken to ascertain the c- tout of the participation of Jew as soldiers in the war of the rebellion. L'nilcr the direction ol this Jewish Publication society so-ciety of Philadelphia, Simon Wolf of Washington Wash-ington has been engaged to compile and edit the int, mlcd volume. Eugene Lew, a prom incut member of the Confederate 'Veteran 'Vet-eran iltiip, has been engaged to search the archives of the confederate war department for tl;is purpose, and the secretary of war ha detailed aa otlicer to make a like search of the union archives. It is said that there were far more Jews in the confederate service ser-vice than in the union armies, because up to I lie time of the war tin- Jewish population in the southern statis vastly outnumbered that of the north. 'I !iU condition has been reversed re-versed it nee the war. |