GDG- A Reporter's Incident

[huddleston.r at comcast.net]

I would suspect that there were very few Yankee soldiers who were pro-secessionists or anti-Union. After all, most came from states that didn't secede. And the Rebels started serious drafting a year before the Yankees did -- and did a better -- or at least, more thorough job.

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Take care,

Bob

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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Tom Ryan" <pennmardel at mchsi.com>
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
> 
> 
> <<It was then that he knew this young sufferer to be in the rebel
> service.  Upon questioning him, he stated that he never entered the rebel
> service willingly; that both his parents were Union people.>>
> 
> My recollection is that about 10% of Confederate soldiers were Unionists or
> anti-secessionists, and therefore served in the army unwillingly.
> 
> Not sure what the figure was on the Union side, but I would imagine the
> numbers were similar.
> 
> Tom
> 
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