Galvanized Yankees
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galvanized-yankees-174-13969849
title:
Galvanized Yankees
text:
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. 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 Sta
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Confederate POWs who swore allegiance to the United States during the American Civil War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanized_Yankees
date created:
2007-04-05T22:50:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T21:11:24Z
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