I am having deja vu all over again. I believe we had this conversation back in December.

"Dutch" was the bastardized phonetic use of the word Deutsch (Deutschland) which refers to the independent German states. It was a commonly misused term during the 19th Century in discribing those from the German States. Germany became a nation in 1871. If you read accounts of "Dutch" or predominantly German Union Regiments you will find they had a reputation of being hard drinking and would fight among themselves as much as with the Confederates.

I was stationed in Germany for three years and saw a wide variety of hair color in men and women (especially that weird put of the bottle red the women would color their hair).

Here is the link to Jim Martin's response:

http://history-sites.com/mb/cw/tncwmb/index.cgi?read=4111

I hope this helps.

Respectfully,

Gerald D. Hodge, Jr.
War Between the States Historian
Historian: 39th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
http://39thgavolinfrgt.homestead.com/39thHomepage.html