The term "galvanized" rebels or Yankees was coined by Samuel Bowles, a newspaper reporter, referring to galvanized metal, which turns colors when coated with zinc. The Galvanized Yankees: The little-known and awe-inspiring true story of a group of captured Confederate soldiers who chose to serve in the Union Army rather than endure the grim conditions of prisoner of war camps. 35 of the 275 men ordered to Utah deserted before their arrival October 9. These men were sent to the Union prison in Alton, Illinois, as deserters. [n 30] In October and November 1864 O'Neill and Burke enlisted more than 250 soldiers of a number of Union regiments. Little is known about his experiences as a soldier, only that he was a member of Hoke's Brigade of the 54th North Carolina Regiment. my great grandfather james calvin robins was in the 6th us volunteers. Galvanized Yankees, Confederate prisoners of war who secured their release from prison by enlisting in the Union Army, were organized into six regiments of U. S. Volunteers between January 1864 and May 1865. The Union had raised five others between 1864 and 1865 enlisting at total of 5,600 Southerners. Also mentioned is the brief effort that the Confederates made to recruit from Union Soldiers held in POW camps in the South. In October 1866 all companies except Company B at Fort Wallace were relieved by regulars and assembled at Fort Kearny, where they mustered out between October 10 and 15. mustered out at Fort Leavenworth on May 22, 1866, after 25 months of active service, the longest service of any of the "galvanized Yankees. New Rollbacks & more drop Oct. 10-13. Approximately 5,600 former Confederate soldiers enlisted in the "United States Volunteers", organized into six regiments between January 1864 and November 1866. They marched to Fort Leavenworth, where they mustered out on November 13, the last of the "galvanized Yankees". The galvanized units were recruited from Union prison camps at Point Lookout, Maryland; Rock Island, Alton, and Camp Douglas, Illinois; Camp Chase, Ohio; and Camp Morton, Indiana. Col. Carroll H. Potter had failed to complete West Point in 1857, was appointed an assistant adjutant general of volunteers with the rank of captain in October 1861. [38], Held under strict camp guard, they were sent to Mobile, Alabama while the 10th Tennessee itself advanced to the Battle of Franklin. For a brief picture of Galvanized Yankees sent to Ft. Rice in the Dakota Territories from Point Lookout Camp for Confederate Prisoners in Maryland read, Cottages: A Chesapeake Bay Novel by Paula Farrar. The Galvanized Yankees by Brown, Dee and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. It was apparently over-recruited in numbers. Galvanized Yankees. Their unusual story is one of the least known and most ironic tales of the American West. Volunteers on the frontier served as far west as Camp Douglas, Utah; as far south as Fort Union, New Mexico; and as far north as Fort Benton, Montana. Despite the mixed results of the scheme, the Confederates also attempted to draw volunteers from its own prisoner of war camps. They are known in the army as "white-washed rebs," or as they call themselves, "galvanized Yankees. In return for fighting for their former captives in campaigns against the Indians and Mormons, the "Galvanized Yankees" did not have to fight against the Confederacy. Read the new book, Putting on Blue by Dr. Al Hester, historian and former professor at the University of Georgia. General Grant was opposed to their continued use in the East, saying that it is not right to expose them where, to be taken prisoners, they might surely suffer as deserters. The 1st U.S. A Galvanized Yankee On May 19, 1862, John Henry Smith of Catawba County was mustered into the Confederate army. The Galvanized Yankees is written by Dee Brown and published by Open Road Media. Here is the fascinating and little-known story of the Galvanized Yankees, who stood watch over a nation that they had once sought to destroy. As most probably know, Galvanized Yankees were Confederates who, at different points after being put in POW camps, not only took the oath of allegiance, but also opted to enlist in the U.S. Army. Baker last year galvanized this group, which sought vindication of raising a World Series trophy untainted by the sign-stealing scandal that hung over its 2017 title, along with a chance to . Volunteers and were designated the 1st Independent Company, U.S.V..[n 20] The 1st Independent Company remained on duty in the District of Minnesota until mustered out on November 16, 1865. Plant Protective Netting, , Protective Netting Sleeve (58). Elbert Sidney Dula Co. C, 60th NC Regiment, captured at Missionary Ridge, TN November, 1863. Lot of 4 - Vintage The Galvanized Yankees, Third Alabama, Orphan Brigade,Cavalr. Confederate prisoners captured at Fishers Hill, Virginia. **Simply Brit** Shipped with Premium postal service within 24 hours from the UK with impressive delivery time. From Fort Leavenworth the unit marched to Fort Riley, and stationed companies there and at Salem, Fort Ellsworth, Fort Larned, Fort Zarah and Fort Scott, Kansas. At first glance, the men from the regiment were indistinguishable from their fellow bluecoats. por: Brown, Dee Alexander Publicado: (1963) The Galvanized Yankees. Life at Fort Rice proved to be a challenge, as the post had not been fully completed and its buildings being made of cottonwood, a very inferior material. It was ordered to the Department of the Missouri, arriving at Fort Kearny, Nebraska, April 9, 1865,[n 13] where it was assigned to duty in the Districts of Nebraska and Colorado. The little known saga of the imprisoned Confederate soldiers who, during the American Civil War, volunteered to join the US Army and fight on the western frontier. Volunteers were formed between early 1864 and June of 1865 and served under 23-year-old Colonel Charles Dimon. However, two important incidents gave settlers in the West reason to be concerned for their safety, especially since most of the able-bodied men had left the frontier to fight on eastern battlefields. Assigned to the District of Eastern Virginia, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, it moved to Norfolk, Virginia, where on orders of General Grant it was relegated to provost duty there, Portsmouth, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina. In most cases, the volunteers had accepted Southern recruitment offers mostly to escape the squalid living conditions in rebel-run POW camps. Approximately 5,600 former Confederate soldiers enlisted in the "United States Volunteers", organized into six regiments of infantry between January 1864 and November 1866. [2] The general use of "galvanized Yankees" originated in a story in the Springfield Republican (Springfield, Massachusetts) on May 25, 1865, by Samuel Bowles, who wrote: Among the present limited number of troops on the Plain are two regiments of infantry, all from the rebel army. in the middle of guides you could enjoy now is A People Highly Favoured Of God The Nova Scotia Yankees And The American Revolution below. Kathy Weiser-Alexander/Legends of America, updated November 2021. Hadnt heard about it until this weekend. Among them was a contingent from the . [26][n 18], The 1st Regiment Cavalry, Connecticut Volunteers was originally raised in November 1861 as the 1st Battalion Connecticut Cavalry, and campaigned in West Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley, and the Second Battle of Bull Run. Volunteers reached Fort Rice on October 17, 1864. We have dispatched from our book depository; items of good condition to over ten million satisfied customers worldwide. The battalion mustered out at Vicksburg on September 7, 1865. Publication Date: 1986-01-01. Volunteers were mustered out on November 27, 1865, only a year and a month after they first reached Fort Rice. [25] The companies in Utah were relieved by regulars in April 1866 and marched to Fort Bridger. In August 1864, Grant ordered it to the Department of the Northwest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Henry E. Palmer was assigned to deliver a detachment of 60 recruits, all former members of Morgan's cavalry force, from Camp Chase to Fort Kearny, where they became Company K of the 11th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. 30 December 1871, USS Pensacola. The term "galvanized" has also been applied to former Union soldiers enlisting in the Confederate Army,[1] including the use of "galvanized Yankees" to designate them. It would have been a bit more reader friendly if it would have been possible to follow a few key individuals and feature them more than the units themselves. Provisions and treaty goods were often shoddy or were stolen by traders. Condition: Very Good. Dodge's recommendation was accepted, however, and the prisoners were permitted to enlist in the 5th and 6th U.S. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. More like 3 1/2 stars, but I'll round up. A fantastic account for those interested in the Western Frontier during and immediately after the American Civil War. Welcome to The Galvanized Yankees facebook page. Many "Galvanized Yankees" [meaning those Confederate prisoners of war who joined the Union army while in Union prison camps] served in units other than the six United States Volunteer regiments recruited in 1864. Binding Paperback Quantity-available 1 Seller Black Cat Hill Books Oregon City, Oregon, USA Seller rating : Description: New York, NY Curtis Books, 1963. It was ordered to the Department of the Missouri and sent by rail to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where it was assigned to duty in the District of Upper Arkansas along the Santa Fe Trail from the Little Arkansas River to Fort Dodge, Kansas, and along the Cimarron Crossing to Fort Lyon, Colorado. [return][return]The vast majority of former Confederates made up the 1st -6th U.S. Volunteer Regiments and Brown discusses the actions and activities of each in turn. Company B marched across Kansas to Fort Leavenworth and mustered out on November 3. Despite these hardships, they rebuilt trans-continental telegraph lines, restored stagecoach and mail routes between Missouri and California, escorted supply trains along the Santa Fe Trail, and protected wagon trains as they crossed the plains. All that stood between the raiders and the vital 1,000-foot long river crossing that connected the territories of Oregon and Montana was a detachment of 120 lightly armed troops. About the Book Here is the fascinating and little-known story of the Galvanized Yankees, who stood watch over a nation that they had once sought to destroy. Companies A and B were stationed at Fort Kearney; C and D at Cottonwood, Colorado; E and F at Fort Rankin; and G and H at Julesburg, Colorado, protecting overland mail routes from Indian attacks. Companies A, F, G, and I were commanded by Lt.Col. Galvanized Yankees belonged to much more than the six volunteer regiments made famous by Dee Brown. In 1864, Colonel John Chivington further inflamed the frontier by leading 700 volunteers in an early morning raid on an encampment of 550 Cheyenne and Arapaho at Sand Creek, Colorado. Despite pressure to try the prisoners for desertion or even treason, eventually those taken in rebel uniform were eventually allowed to enlist in the USVI regiments as galvanized Yankees. From there it moved to Fort Riley between May 18 and May 28 to relieve units of the 2nd U.S.V.I. On December 28, 1864, at Egypt Station, Mississippi, a Confederate regiment composed of 250 galvanized soldiers threw down their arms and surrendered as Union troops charged them. By 1866, the last of the USVI regiments were disbanded and its soldiers discharged. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the authors personal collection. In August and September 1865 "galvanized" Companies E and K accompanied Connor's Powder River Expedition. [38], On the evening of December 27, 1864, six members of Burke's Battalion deserted and made their way into the Union lines, where they reported the presence of the former prisoners and the likelihood that they would not resist any Union attack. My book will present a more comprehensive view of the topic. Does anyone have information on these galvanized yankees ? was the most traveled of the "galvanized Yankee" units in its 20 months of service on the plains, operating in five districts and at every post in Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas; and seeing considerable skirmishing. in guarding the Santa Fe Trail. Like the metal, these galvanized soldiers in many cases were still "Good old Rebels," or "Billy Yanks," underneath their adopted uniforms.[1]. [n 29] O'Neill, recovering from wounds received at the Battle of Resaca, appears to have delegated part of the task to a newly appointed lieutenant colonel, Michael Burke. Released October 17, 1864 after taking the Oath of allegiance and joining US Army. Also, a must read is, The Galvanized Yankees by Dee Brown. They were seldom issued new clothing and often starved due to meager food allowances. Pennsylvania was the home state of Lincoln's opponent General. Dee Brown cites documentation from March and April 1865 indicating that the term was first used to characterize captured Federals who turned Confederate. In November, the men raised $1,000 to buy their colonel a sword, silk sash, silver inlaid revolver, and field glasses. The regiment would continue to serve on the frontier until November when its surviving members were honourably discharged. Galvanized Yankees was a term from the American Civil War denoting former Confederate prisoners of war who swore allegiance to the United States and joined the Union Army.Approximately 5,600 former Confederate soldiers enlisted in the "United States Volunteers", organized into six regiments of infantry between January 1864 and November 1866. A young officer who had caught Butler's eye during his Louisiana sojourn, Col. Charles A. R. Dimon was put in command of 2nd Louisiana Volunteers. It was July 26, 1865 when a force of 3,000 Sioux and Cheyenne descended onto the U.S. Army outpost at Platte Bridge in Wyoming. En route, four of Company E's recruits plotted to involve all Confederates in the company in a mutiny when it reached Julesburg, but were disarmed and arrested before the attempt could be made. [20] In August three companies were sent to Fort Halleck, Idaho Territory (now Wyoming); two companies to Camp Wardwell, Colorado; two companies to Fort Lyon, and Company B to Denver for quartermaster duty. 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. But in January 1864, prisoners held at the overcrowded holding camp at Point Lookout, Maryland were invited to join the Federal army, under the proviso that they wouldnt be required to fight their former comrades. Companies F and G were involved in the establishment of Fort Dodge in the summer of 1865. The Lincoln Administration wished to avoid any legal wrangles over the prisoner cartel that might be construed as recognition of the Confederacy as a legitimate government. The 10th Tennessee Regiment ("Sons of Erin") was organized at. Regiments containing former Confederates were . The regiment waited at Portsmouth, Virginia, in hopes that more troops could be raised, but calls for men from the west led to its transfer to the frontier at the end of April 1865. [22] Companies A through G reassembled at Fort Kearny in August 1866 and mustered out on October 11. Volunteers, serving in Minnesota. Four additional companies were recruited between June 26 and July 31, 1863, including approximately 40 Confederate prisoners from Camp Chase who became members of Company E. Originally called to service to repel John Hunt Morgan's raid through Ohio, the companies were also sent west to combine with the 1st Independent Battalion into the new 11th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. Of those, more than 250 had begun their service as Union soldiers, were captured in battle, then enlisted in prison to join a regiment of the Confederate States Army. Used; Good. Great research and interesting story, but sometimes I felt the story got bogged down in just following army units all over the place. The Galvanized Yankees by Dee Alexander Brown, 1986, University of Nebraska Press edition, in English. Raised the previous winter in Rock Island, Illinois, the 3rd USVI was made up entirely of veterans of the Confederate States Army. In the early days of the war, prison camps were merely holding areas where men waited to be exchanged for equal numbers of prisoners held by the other side. Another 800 rebel prisoners were absorbed into various state regiments from Northern prison camps. After suffering a number of casualties, the 2nd New Jersey Cavalry responded with a charge in which it took severe casualties, including 22 dead, and lost 80 horses but captured more than 500 prisoners, among whom were Burke and 254 former Union soldiers from Burke's Battalion of the 10th Tennessee. Galvanized Yankees were Confederate prisoners of war who joined the Union Army and went west to fight Indians. [37], In October 1864, John G. O'Neill, colonel of the 10th Tennessee Regiment (Irish Volunteers),[n 28] was authorized to recruit Union prisoners at Andersonville and Millen, Georgia, to replenish the depleted ranks of the regiment. They served in Arkansas, New Mexico, Nebraska, Montana, Idaho, Kansas, Oregon, Utah & Colorado between 1864 & 1866. [n 12] was authorized at the Rock Island prisoner camp in October 1864 as a one-year regiment but not organized until February 1865. [24] Between May 14 and May 31, they marched to Fort Kearny, Nebraska, where it dispersed to replace the various companies of the 3rd U.S.V.I. Historian Dee Brown uncovers an exciting episode in American history: During the Civil War, a group of Confederate soldiers opted to assist the Union Army rather than endure the grim conditions of POW camps. Regiments containing former Confederates were not trusted to go into battle against their former comrades, and instead were sent to the West as outpost guardians, where they performed frontier duties, including escorting supply trains, rebuilding telegraph lines, and quelling uprisings from regional American Indian tribes, which were sweeping across the Plains. Determined to make his family and his mentor proud, Colonel Dimon turned his "Galvanized Yankees" into a first-rate regiment. After suffering grievous casualties early in the war, the 1st Connecticut Cavalry drew replacements from Confederate prisoners being held in Delaware, which it scattered throughout its companies, as did the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery and the 4th Delaware Infantry. Two companies were stationed at Fort Rice, then at Fort Sully; one at Fort Berthold; and three at Fort Randall until June 1866, when the six companies were recalled to Leavenworth, mustering out as they arrived between June 18 and July 2. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's dismounted cavalry encamped at Verona on Christmas Day. Yet by the beginning of 1864, with the war dragging on, manpower reserves dwindling and native uprisings breaking out all along the frontier, the War Department in Washington found itself compelled to offer bluecoats and muskets to rebel detainees. Detailed look at men imprisoned at Camp Morton, Rock Island and other prison camps, and how they fared when shipped out west. Companies A, F, G, and I of the 1st U.S.V.I. by: Leckie, William H. Published: (1963) Crimsoned prairie; the wars between the United States and the Plains Indians during the winning . arrived. The little-known true Civil War story of the Confederate soldiers who served in the Union Army by a #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Michele Tucker Butts is an associate professor of history at Austin Peay State University, where she teaches the history of the American West and Native American history. Sent by steamship to New Orleans and Madisonville, Louisiana, the 3rd Maryland Cavalry took part in the Red River Campaign, in the Atchafalaya Expedition in the first week of June 1864,[n 21] and in August was dismounted to participate in the siege of Fort Morgan. Excerpted from The Museum Gazette, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, National Park Service. [n 6] was recruited at Point Lookout prison camp between January 21 and April 22, 1864, as a three-year regiment. [1] By 1864, the Union Army fortifying the remote outposts across the western frontier was atrophying, due to the high toll of U. S. soldiers engaged in the Civil War. 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Brown mentioned them several times in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and this book, written in 1963, was the first book length examination of the Galvanized Yankees. [2] At least 1,600 former Union prisoners of war enlisted in Confederate service in late 1864 and early 1865, most of them recent German or Irish immigrants who had been drafted into Union regiments. Worn-out clothing offered little protection from the elements, and the only shelter for the men was what they could improvise for themselves. First published in hardcove Published 1963. Dyer, Frederick H. (1908, reprinted 1979), This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 15:13. A number of Northern states even raised galvanized infantry units as well, along with cavalry and even artillery. Civil War Prison Camp I have the US Army pension record for a family member (with a CSA record) who drew a Federal Pension for a disability, apparently for an injury received in a battle with Indians in Colorado. About six thousand eventually did so, serving between 1864 and 1866. To avoid fighting former comrades,. 172 likes. Died 1911. From New Mexico to Montana, they endured Indian attacks, cold winters, disease, and grueling marches. I have a Civil War pension filing for a suspected Carolina ancestor stating his service as E 49 U.S. Volunteer Infantry. Can anyone clarify where he would have been recruited from? Company G, 1st Connecticut Cavalry was commanded by Capt. They made the journey from New York with surprisingly few desertions, surviving on salt pork, hardtack, coffee, and whatever water they could find. The author throws in a short conversation of Galvanized Confederates as well. Yet this was no ordinary U.S. Army outfit. Francis H. Reichard commanded Battery M. Sentenced by court martial to hard labor, three of the four were summarily executed in 1865 when they tried a second attempt. Some stories had potential but just didn't seem to go anywhere. Most of these units were ordered to perform rear echelon duties or to serve on the distant western frontier. The six regiments of Galvanized Yankees wrote a proud record as they fought Indians, guarded surveying parties for the Union Pacific Railroad, escorted supply trains along the Oregon and Santa Fe trails, rebuilt hundreds of miles of telegraph lines destroyed by Indians, accompanied expeditions, protected stage coach routes, and manned lonely . Those Confederates that took the oath and enlisted in the Union service were labeled "galvanized Yankees," by their former comrades. I love Dee Brown so hard. Several Northern states recruited POW's. By the time many of the Galvanized regiments reached their western posts, the Civil War had ended. Had no idea about how POW confederate soldiers from the civil war were recruited to help tame the expanding western prairie. The regiment remained in garrison at Camp Schenck in Baltimore, seeking to raise more troops, assigned to the Cavalry Reserve of the Eighth Corps until officially organized on January 9, 1864. Volunteers, 1,000 men strong, boarded the ship Continental in August of 1864, sailed to New York, then traveled by train to Chicago. The quality of recruit was not as high as that of the earlier 1st U.S.V.I. By the end of the day, more than 39 of the bluecoats were casualties; 60 native warriors lay dead. The term of deprecation came from the process of galvanizing metal, where a coat of zinc was added to the top layer to prevent corrosion. The little-known true Civil War story of the Confederate soldiers who served in the Union Army by a #1 New York Times bestselling author. It traveled by rail to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on May 1011, 1865, the only regiment of "galvanized Yankees" to arrive on the frontier intact and at full strength, 976 officers and men. There were the equivalent of up to 8 whole regiments of soldiers recruited from southern POW ranks, with 5 regiments actually being considered official under the USVI (United States Volunteer Infantry) program. Recommended if you have an interest in the U.S. Civil War or the Indian Wars. After plying their way up the winding Missouri and marching the last 250 miles, the First U.S. This is the only book I ever stole from a library. Assigned to Co. F, 3rd Regiment US Volunteers and sent to Julesburg, CO. 1870 living in Paris, Tx. L-R: Samuel Groah and Andrew Groah (Ancestry.com) On April 18, 1861, one day after Virginia voted to secede from the United States, the two Shenandoah Valley natives answered the call to arms. Galvanized Yankees were Confederate prisoners of war who joined the Union Army and went west to fight Indians. The pejorative term "Galvanized Yankees" was meant to imply that former Confederate soldiers were traitorous Johnny Rebs beneath the galvanized veneer of a Union uniform. Study the history of Federal POW camps during the War Between the States, and you'll have your answer. At the end of hostilities it was assigned to the Department of Mississippi and garrisoned Natchez, Mississippi, through the summer of 1865. Butts, Michele Tucker Fall 2003. A very interesting read about how the west was developed during the expansion years. Company I was involved in numerous skirmishes, including combat at the Battle of the Platte Bridge Station, and suffered higher casualties than any other company of the 3rd U.S.V.I. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . Commanded by Col. Julius G. Tucker (formerly captain, 10th Virginia Cavalry). It's a contribution recalled as . in aug 1865 he deserted and went back to arkansas. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of any material on this site without expressand written permission from the author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Galvanized Yankees was a term from the American Civil War denoting former Confederate prisoners of war who swore allegiance to the United States and joined the Union Army. Commanded by Lt. Col. John Hampden Brooks (formerly captain, 7th South Carolina Infantry). This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. As a result, settlers and missionaries fled from the Minnesota frontier, seeking safety in New Ulm and St. Paul. Many if not most of the original 228 Confederate prisoners recruited at Camp Douglas in early 1862 to the Union side were likely from the 10th Tennessee, and this may have been the origin of O'Neill's request to recruit from Union prisoners. 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