We are constantly hearing of desertions from the rebels to
the Union armies, but a desertion from the Unionists to the rebels is of such
rare occurrence that it deserves notice.
It is said that two privates of one of the Indiana regiments
accompanying the Mississippi flotilla, lately deserted and went over to the
rebels at Ft. Pillow. It is further said
the rebels pumped all the information from them they could, and then sent them
South as prisoners of war. The cause for
the desertion is reported to have reprimand for disorderly conduct.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette,
Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, May 15, 1862, p. 2
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