During our recent trip to Wyoming’s Fort Laramie, our tour guide told us that when Union troops left Indian Territory forts to serve in the Civil War, the Union sent more than 6,000 Confederate captives to man the forts. Is that correct?

During our recent trip to Wyoming’s Fort Laramie, our tour guide told us that when Union troops left Indian Territory forts to serve in the Civil War, the Union sent more than 6,000 Confederate captives to man the forts. Is that correct? Allen Fossenkemper Fountain Hills, Arizona Yep, they were called “Galvanized Yankees” and were recruited at prisoner of war camps during the winter of 1864-1866. The assignment: to fill in behind the cavalry and guard the travel routes during the camp