The Galvanized Yankees

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. 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