GDG- 1841 Springfield rifle - JIM CAMERON

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I've heard a lot about it.
 
Galvanized Yanks.  Galvanized Rebs.
 
I can't verify them with sources now but I have read stories  of draftees 
from southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois who Went  South after  being forced 
into the Union army.
 
Many of the people in those 3 states were very anit-abolition  and doing 
anything to help slaves.  Very racists areas.
 
I think in one of Catton's books soldiers from those areas of  those states 
were so opposed to the release of of the Emancipation Proclamation  that 
there were grumblings of a mutiny.  (Or was it Foote?)
 
Other Conf POWs were offered the chance to go fight Indians  out west in 
the Union army.  I seem to recall stories of some Northern POW  camps offering 
a chance to fight in the Souix War in Minnesota with old Johnny  Pope.
 
Actually it would be interesting to get some specific  stories.
 
A friend of mine tried to trace down an ancestor.   Apparently he was from 
Tennessee and abruptly around '63-'64 he moved to Penn.  and volunteered for 
the Union army.
 
There would be a question of why he had not gotten drafted by  the Canf 
Army by then but the only answer I can come up with is that he was  apparently 
underaged for the Southern draft until then.  Then upon  reaching draft age 
he decided to go north and join the Yankees.
 
It was a very messy war. 
 
A  Loyal Neo-Anti Unionist,
Peter  

 
In a message dated 1/31/2012 10:56:29 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
tbarrett21 at cox.net writes:

Esteemed  GDG Member Contributes:

That raises an interesting question.  How  often did people switch sides in
the CW, and then actually fight for the  other side?  Are there any
statistics on this?

In certain wars,  notably WWII Eastern Front, this was a major problem.
People switch sides  depending on who they thought was winning...

But I hadn't heard much  about it at G'burg or the CW in  general.

Regards,

TB

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Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
<<  I've held  one of those guns on Cemetery Ridge (thank you very much!) 
can

you tell  us about the other?  >>

It's a Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle  Musket, manufactured in Birmingham for
export to either the US or CS,  carried by a Private in the 21st 
Mississippi.
He fought in every battle  that Barksdale's Brigade took part in through
Chickamauga, where he  deserted.  His home town was just outside of
Vicksburg, so perhaps  that had something to do with it.  Interestingly
enough, after taking  the Oath of Allegience and being released, he enlisted
in an Indiana  cavalry regiment, which either didn't know about his
Confederate  background, or didn't care, and was back in Vicksburg when the
war  ended.

Jim  Cameron
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