GDG- Soldiers changing sides

[Bob Huddleston]

See Wikipedia "Galvanized Yankees" for a good description with 
regiments and numbers.

Take care,

Bob

Judy and Bob Huddleston
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Northglenn, CO  80234-3612
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"The first law for the historian is that he shall never dare utter an 
untruth. The second is that he shall suppress nothing that is true. 
Moreover, there shall be no suspicion of partiality in his writing, or 
of malice." Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Oratore, II.XV,62

On 1/31/2012 9:11 AM, CWMHTours at aol.com wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> 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.
>