The Loyalty Oath during the Civil War

[Anita]

Thanks to all of you who posted here. Great information. And Wild Bill, thanks for the book referrals. Many complex issues to sort through. I had to take a loyalty oath when I was hired by Cal State University in 1988.

My great great grandfather and his brother Mathias enlisted in the 23rd GA Infantry. Chapman, Mathias A. - Private August 31,1861.
Wounded in 1864. Captured at Dallas, Georgia, June 2,1864. Took oath of allegiance to U.S. Government, at Rock Island, Illinois, and was transferred to U.S. Navy July 6,1864. Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm