Alan J. Pitts
galvanized yankees....
Tue Feb 27 09:15:27 2001


It's possibile that this man was a Confederate POW who volunteered for U.S. frontier service rather than remain in prison. All enlistments were for twelve months, so the discharge date and regiment number fall within the correct range. Galvanized Yankees served in regiments numbered first through six U.S. volunteers. Service records are on a separate NA microcopy; don't recall the number, but it'd be worth checking with your librarian.

But it's just a theory.... We could confirm it by finding a C.S.A. service record which should include a record of Federal imprisonment and a record of discharge on enollment in frontier service. Hundreds of Alabamians joined these units.

• If the tombstone is correct... — Hayes Lowe, Tue Feb 27 11:18
• unsolved mysteries.... — Alan J. Pitts, Tue Feb 27 21:41
• Rock Island is the right place. — Hayes Lowe, Wed Feb 28 09:02
• Thanks — Bill Key, Thu Mar 1 12:30
• Galvanized Yankees — teco, Thu Mar 1 15:20
• book: galvanized yankees — William Alford, Thu Mar 1 17:29
• I'm confused..... — Alan J. Pitts, Thu Mar 1 14:33
• re. John Key — Bill Key, Thu Mar 1 19:40
• Rock Island is the right place — teco, Wed Feb 28 19:38