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From Gray to Blue: An Odyssey of Deserting the Confederate Army and Joining the U.S. Army - The Journal of the Civil War Era
Though radical at first, the U.S. Army’s recruitment of Confederate prisoners of war and deserters was not unreasonable by the winter of 1863-1864. “Thousands of Union soldiers were nearing the end of their three-year voluntary enlistment and draft calls were causing riots in Northern cities.”[1] Combined with prolonged indecision from Lincoln’s War Department, several Federal … Read More Read More
