The Galvanized Yankees

Dee Brown

• Publisher: Open Road Media
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780803260757
• eBook ISBN: 9781453274170
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: American Civil War History
• Index: History

The little-known true Civil War story of the Confederate soldiers who served in the Union Army by the #1 New York Times –bestselling author.

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. This is an account of an extraordinary, though often overlooked, group of men who served in unexpected ways at a pivotal moment in the nation's history.

From the bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, The Galvanized Yankees is "an accurate, interesting, and sometimes thrilling account of an unusual group of men [and] a fresh and informative study of the Old West in transition from frontier to stable society" ( The New York Times Book Review).

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author's personal collection.

Index

Adams, Charles, 184-85, 187-88, 202

Adams, Enoch G., 7, 84, 87, 91, 94, 96, 100, 104, 106-7, 110-11

Adams, S. H., 90

Alabama troops, 72, 80, 122, 169, 180, 206, 210

Alkali, Post, 44, 152, 159

Allen, John P., 90

Alton (Ill.) prison, 2, 9, 120-22, 215

American Fur Company, 114

American Ranche, 98

Amusements, 20, 30, 51, 87, 100, 135, 138, 149-51, 158

Anderson, Martin, 36-41

Andersonville prison, 122, 213-14

Animal life, 19, 32, 95, 104, 108, 171, 178, 193, 195, 198-99, 202, 207

Arapaho Indians, 16, 41, 134, 184-85, 187-88

Arickaree Indians, 114

Arkansas, 54, 162

Arkansas River, 46, 49-50, 53-54, 199, 208-9

Arkansas troops, 122

Armes, George A., 204

Arms and ammunition, 36, 47, 51, 88, 105-7, 129, 133, 156, 171, 180, 187, 202

Armstrong, William F., 48-50, 207-8

Ash Creek, Kan., 52

Atchison, Kan., 20, 192, 200

Atchison (Kan.) Press, 5

Atlantic Monthly, 164

Atwood, Evans, 67-68

Austin, Tex., 162, 168

Badenhop, Conrad, 90, 100

Bailey, George M., 140-41

Balazic, M. Hyacinthe de, 109

Ball, Edward, 201

Balloon ascensions, 120

Bartlett, William H., 18, 25-26

Bassett, Adams, 114-15

Bear Rib, 92-94

Beaver Creek, Dakota Territory, 81

Bedford County, Tenn., 74

Belle Peoria (steamboat), 104

Benson, Robert, 68

Bent, Charles, 130-31, 159, 194

Bent, George, 130-32, 194

Bent, William, 130

Benton Barracks, Mo., 61

Bent’s Fort, 130

Berkeley, Carter, 47

Big Horn (steamboat), 109

Big Laramie River, 160-61

Big Sandy Station, Neb., 26, 28, 43, 145, 183

Bijou Creek, Colo., 209

Black, Leander, 169-70

Blackburn, John, 80

Black Hills, 126

Bleadenhiser, William, 200

Bluff Creek, 52

Bodine, George, 185

Boston Journal, 28

Bowers, Corporal, 173-74

Bowles, Samuel, 9, 11, 28, 30-31

Boyer, Mitch, 186

Bozeman Trail, 136, 138, 179

Bragg, Braxton, 211

Brazie, Henrie W., 173-76

Bretney, Henry, 35-40

Brewster, William R, 195-97

Bridger, Jim, 3, 171, 186

Bridgeŕs Ferry, 179-80

Brown, John, 183

Brown, Richard H., 152-53

Brule Sioux, 155-57

Buffington Island, Ohio, 163, 184

Buntline, Ned, 202

Bunton, John, 123

Burch, Andrew, 104-5

Butler, Benjamin, 8-9, 12, 65-68, 77-78, 94, 112, 117

Butterfield, David A., 192, 197, 201

Butterfield Overland Despatch, 3, 192, 194-96, 200-201

Butt’s Ranche, 44 Buzzard, Martin, 123

Caldwell, William, 185

California, 3-4, 177, 201

California troops, 6, 137, 147, 149-51, 157, 170

Calloway County, Mo., 173

Camp Butler, 111., 63

Camp Chase (Ohio) prison, 2, 62, 143

Camp Collins, Colo., 138, 145, 161

Camp Douglas (Chicago) prison, 2, 4, 6, 55-56, 59, 64, 143-44, 147, 163-68, 205-6; conspiracy, 166-67, 172

Camp Douglas, Utah, 6-7, 146-49, 151-52, 157-59, 170

Camp Fry, Ill., 144, 168

Camp Lawton, Ga., 213

Camp Marshall, Wyo., 18, 171, 174-76

Camp Morton (Ind.) prison, 2, 61, 64, 143, 163

Camp Rankin, Colo., 18, 145

Camp Wardwell, Colo., 18, 43, 138, 145, 152, 208-9

Camp Wynkoop, Kan., 137, 208

Campbell, George H, 169

Campbell, Lafayette E., 17, 42-43

Campbell, Va., 91

Cannon Ball River, 87-88, 104

Caraher, Andrew P., 8, 14, 45-48, 50

Cardwell, Elizabeth, 71-72, 78-80, 90-91, 99-101

Cardwell, Patrick, 71-72, 90, 99-100

Carrington, Henry B., 136, 138, 159, 179

Carson, Kit, 52

Carter, William A., 158

Castle Rock Station, Kan., 194

Champney, Charles, 94

Charles City, Va., 71

Charleston, S.C., 211-12, 214

Chattanooga, Tenn., 206

Chavis Creek, Kan., 48

Cheyenne Indians, 16, 21, 27-28, 32-34, 38, 41, 89, 97-99, 126, 128-32, 159, 183-84, 189-90, 194, 202-3, 208

Cheyenne River, 126-27

Chicago, 111., 2, 4-6, 15, 55-56, 59, 64, 73, 120, 143-44, 147, 163-68, 191, 205-6

Chivington, J. M., 16, 28, 130

Chouteau, Charles, 114

Cimarron Crossing, 50, 207

Cincinnati, Ohio, 165, 167-68, 172

Clarke County, Miss., 169

Cloud, William F., 52

Cody, William F., 3, 29, 202

Cole, Nelson, 185, 189

Colfax, Schuyler, 28

Collins, Caspar...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• I. Introduction
• II. "Bloody Year on the Plains"
• III. Oaths and Allegiances
• IV. Soldiering on the Wide Missouri
• V. "Give It Back to the Indians"
• VI. From the Cimarron to the Powder
• VII. From Camp Douglas to Camp Douglas
• IX. Ohioans from Dixie: The Powder River Expedition
• X. Blizzard March
• XI. Last Man Out
• XII. A Note on the Galvanized Confederates
• Notes
• Sources
• Index