{"product_id":"9781453274170","title":"The Galvanized Yankees","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe little-known true Civil War story of the Confederate soldiers who served in the Union Army by a #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Historian Dee Brown uncovers an exciting episode in American history: During the Civil War, a group of Confederate soldiers opted to assist the Union Army rather than endure the grim conditions of POW camps. Regiments containing former Confederates were not trusted to go into battle against their former comrades, and instead were sent to the West as “outpost guardians,” where they performed frontier duties, including escorting supply trains, rebuilding telegraph lines, and quelling uprisings from regional American Indian tribes, which were sweeping across the Plains. This is an account of an extraordinary, though often overlooked, group of men who served in unexpected ways at a pivotal moment in the nation’s history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBury My Heart at Wounded Knee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Galvanized Yankees\u003c\/i\u003e is “an accurate, interesting, and sometimes thrilling account of an unusual group of men [and] a fresh and informative study of the Old West in transition from frontier to stable society” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Dee Brown including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167160811760,"sku":"9781453274170","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453274170_p0.jpg?v=1763847354","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453274170","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}