Private Joel and the Sewell Mountain seder

By Bryna J. Fireside

Subjects: Passover, Nonfiction, Judaica, Juvenile Nonfiction, Fiction, Seder, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, History, Jews

Description: With permission from their commander and matzah brought in on a train from Cincinnati, Jewish members of a Civil War regiment improvise a seder to remember. The participation of three former slaves, now members of their company, lends a special meaning to this celebration of freedom.