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Carolina Chameleons : North Carolina Confederate Soldiers Who Joined The Union Army, David E. Arthur
Carolina Chameleons : North Carolina Confederate Soldiers Who Joined The Union Army, David E. Arthur
Master's Theses
This thesis traces 862 North Carolina Civil War soldiers who fought for the Confederacy, deserted or were taken prisoner, and then enrolled in the United States army. The pre-war lives, Confederate and United States military service, and post-war experiences of these men are examined to discover why they chose to enlist in the Union army. A sample of 226 soldiers was compiled by selecting every fourth county in the state in which these "Carolina Chameleons" lived. Their pre-war lives were revealed in the 1860 Population Census and their Southern service in Confederate military records compiled in Louis H. Manarin and …