From Gray to Blue

Amid the chaos of battle and the harsh conditions of prisoner-of-war camps, tens of thousands of soldiers from both the Union and Confederate armies made controversial decisions to switch their allegiances. Building upon his 2020 work, Changing Sides: Union Prisoners of War Who Joined the Confederate Army , Patrick Garrow explores the other side of this overlooked aspect of Civil War history.   Significantly expanding on previous scholarship around "galvanized Yankees," Garrow begins his st