Cesar Kaskel
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Cesar J. Kaskel | |
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![](#/media/File:"United_States_Passport_Applications,_1795-1925",_Entry_for_C_J_Kaskel,_06_Aug_1862.jpg) Kaskel's signed oath of allegiance, submitted with a passport application in 1862 | |
| Born | 1833 |
| Died | Unknown |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Years active | 1861–1865 |
| Known for | Victim of General Order No. 11 (1862) and successful lobbying to reprimand the order |
Cesar J. Kaskel (1833 – ?) was a Prussian-born Southern Unionist during the American Civil War.[1][2]
Kaskel was a staunch supporter of the Union, serving as vice-president of the unionist Paducah Union League Club.[1] Despite his outspoken loyalty to the United States, Kaskel and thirty Jewish families were forcibly expelled from Paducah, Kentucky in 1862 under General Order No. 11.[3][4][5]
Deported from Paducah, Kaskel embarked on a press campaign against the order.[6] Described as a "Paul Revere-like ride to Washington" by historian Jonathan Sarna,[3] the deportation was widely condemned.[7] Kaskel successfully met with President Abraham Lincoln to protest the order, which Lincoln remanded on January 4, 1863.