This is an aspect that many never think about. I don't know the numbers on either side, but it was not just the border states who were split. There are examples of those here in the South who did the same thing. I don't know the number, but if a group of men from a community who were loyal to the Union wanted to join the Federal forces, they would go to a Northern state and join together. If their numbers totaled the required number, they were allowed to form their home states ( Union ) Infantry , Cavalry, etc. If the number of men didn't hit the required number, they were often enlisted into a US. Regular Regiment . Example the 2nd US Infantry, 18th US Infantry and 8th US Colored Troops. Examples of those who had their own states Union Regiments are the 1st Alabama Cavalry , the 22 Mississippi , 1st, 2nd, and 7th North Carolina, 22ndMississippi, 1st and 8th Virginia, and the 2nd Florida. All had POWS here at Anderson. This is yet another example of Brother against Brother in a war when men fought for their beliefs as not necessarily for their own States. Kevin www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ruddy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 12:03 PM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Yankees fighting in CSA > Eliz > Although we tend to think that all men went to war to fight for a > "cause", there were many other reasons, including monetary, joining with > all your buddies, etc. He was there for 10 years and maybe he considered > it home. My suggestion is to look closely at the local history, > especially economic in 1848 or so, in both the New York and the Alabama > areas he lived in, to see if one might postulate a reason why he would > move shift his home from NY to AL in the first place and take up arms > for Alabama in the second. He may have had no choice since he was living > there conscription was authorized by the Confederacy 16 April 1862 but I > do not know who was covered by the act. > Mike > > [email protected] wrote: > > With some very distant connections to my New England families, we have been > > search the Smith family of Union Spring Ala, late of VT and NYS. We found it > > interesting that Yankees would go South during the coming Storm and we wondered > > why. Can anyone shed light on this? > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > unsubscribe > >