>Could a man fight in the CSA, leave (defect or serve his term) and then later >re-enlist in UNION army and collect a CSA pension? Not certain, would love to >get opinions... I don't think they could defect and claim a pension. Anyone applying for a CSA pension had to swear that he "did not desert the service of the Confederate States". Or at least they had to in Alabama (I'm looking at my gggrandfather's application). I don't know about serving his term and then changing sides. Mary Ann