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Author:	Cruces [ Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:48 am ]
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Source: http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ah-galv ... nkees.html (I have just put the first few paragraphs of the article in the post-Good pictures at website as well) Col. Elkin Chief Engineer AoT Galvanized Yankees were Confederate soldiers imprisoned during the Civil War, who won their freedom by swearing their allegiance to the Union and enlisting in the Union Army. Due to doubts of their ultimate loyalty, they were generally assigned to posts far from the Civil War battlefields, often protecting the trails and settlements in the American West. Numbering about 6,000 men, there were six regiments of U.S. volunteers during 1864 and 1865. The term "galvanizedâ€

Author:	MDavis [ Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:43 am ]
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I just wanted to add a personal story of mine to Col. Elkin's post and article. My great-great-grandfather William A. Davis was a 'galvanized' Yankee. He initially joined a Confederate cavalry unit, 5th (McClellan's) Tennessee Cavalry Bn., B Company, in Chattanooga in August 1861. The unit participated in many actions throughout Tennessee and Kentucky, and William Davis was eventually captured by the Federals in December 1863, and reported as a Prisoner of War in Nashville. In September 1864, he was back in Chattanooga, now in Union hands, and joined the Union 6th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment, E company. He must not have been completely won over, as he was reported AWOL from his post at Buzzard Roost near Dalton in April 1865. I guess he figured the war was done and so was he! Fld. Lt. Mark Davis 4th Bde, 1st Div, III Corps Army of Alabama, CSA

Author:	TReneau [ Sat May 01, 2010 3:29 am ]
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Lt. Davis, Excellent and fascinating story sir. <blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by MDavis</i> <br />I just wanted to add a personal story of mine to Col. Elkin's post and article. My great-great-grandfather William A. Davis was a 'galvanized' Yankee. He initially joined a Confederate cavalry unit, 5th (McClellan's) Tennessee Cavalry Bn., B Company, in Chattanooga in August 1861. The unit participated in many actions throughout Tennessee and Kentucky, and William Davis was eventually captured by the Federals in December 1863, and reported as a Prisoner of War in Nashville. In September 1864, he was back in Chattanooga, now in Union hands, and joined the Union 6th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment, E company. He must not have been completely won over, as he was reported AWOL from his post at Buzzard Roost near Dalton in April 1865. I guess he figured the war was done and so was he! Fld. Lt. Mark Davis 4th Bde, 1st Div, III Corps Army of Alabama, CSA <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> BG Tim Reneau 1st Brigade/2nd Div/1st Corps Army of the Mississippi CSA

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