One of my four great grandfathers was in Hardeman's 1st Texas Cavalry - Arizona Brigade. He said that taking the oath to the Union after the war was called "Eating The Dog" Many ex-Confederates did not "Eat the Dog" and many fled to the colony of Americana in Brazil and became what the local population called "Confederados." In 1865, Col. Peter C. Hardeman, commander of the 1st Texas Cavalry - Arizona Briagade refused to take the oath to the Union , took a sawmill and his family to Briazil and never returned.
Has anyone else seen "Eating The Dog" or could have it have been a phrase my great grandfather invented.
Has anyone else seen "Eating The Dog" or could have it have been a phrase my great grandfather invented.