Trivia 11-11-19 Changed sides

[Trivia Master]

Who was the only man who fought for the confederacy, was captured and released to join the union army, and then transferred to serve as a sailor on the USS Minnesota?

credit: @Boonslick

 

[General Casey]

Henry Stanley

 

[stuart1861]

Henry Morton Stanley

 

[hughes]

William H. Stanley aka Henry Morton Stanley born, John Rolands

 

[Brenal]

Henry Morton Stanley.

 

[FarawayFriend]

Henry Morton Stanley

Source: Wikipedia

 

[SWMODave]

Henry M. Stanley

Source

 

[captaindrew]

Sir Henry Morton Stanley

 

[Wallyfish]

Henry Morton Stanley.


Henry may have more CW trivia questions asked about him or his more famous Dr Livingstone
I presume quote.

Stanley, I presume source

 

[ErnieMac]

Henry Morton Stanley (aka John Rowlands).

Henry Morton Stanley Goes To War

Private William H. Stanley, which was what he called himself then, marched forward in the hour before dawn on April 6, 1862, as part of the Dixie Grays, a

www.historynet.com

 

[Stone in the wall]

Now that one is a good question?

 

[DBF]

He may have been the only man to have served in various positions in the Confederate/Union Army and/or Navy, who was Welch born - You are: Henry Morton Stanley (born John Rowlands; 1841 – 1904)

Henry Stanley, the Man Who Stole The Congo - HeadStuff

Henry Morton Stanley rose from humble origins to become one of the most famous Victorian explorers of Africa. Yet in his wake he left a bloody legacy.

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[WJC]

Who was the only man who fought for the confederacy, was captured and released to join the union army, and then transferred to serve as a sailor on the USS Minnesota?

credit: @Boonslick

Brice Holland (1842-1922). Holland intended to join the U. S. Army but was impressed by the rebels into Company B, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry. He was captured at Mill Springs, Kentucky on May 30, 1863. He was released from prison on January 23, 1864: six days after his releease he enlisted in the U. S. Navy. He first served in USS Brandywine, later USS Commodore Morris and USS Powhatan, then finally USS Minnesota.
<Holland, Brice 1844-1922, Union Sailor and Confederate Soldier, (Marion, IL: Marion Illinois History Preservation, 2013). https://www.mihp.org/2013/09/holland-brice-1844-1922/>

Edit - The indicated source says that Holland intended to join the U. S. Army at one time, but his intention was thwarted due to his impressment into the Confederate Army. As far as I can see, the source does not say that he ever joined the Union Army, either prior to his impressment or after his release from prison and prior to his joining the Union Navy.

hoosier

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Henry Morton Stanley
Source - p. 225

 

[sarladaise]

Henry Morton Stanley

 

[Stony]

Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904)

 

[Ole Miss]

Sir Henry Morton Stanley
Regards
David

 

[Soldier Boy]

Henry Morton Stanley

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Morton_Stanley&oldid=924504579

 

[19thGeorgia]

Henry Morton Stanley

 

[JOHN42768]

This would be Henry Morton Stanley