Galvanized Tar
Landsman Reese Kirkland was a "galvanized tar", a term applied to those prisoners of war from the Confederacy that took the oath to the Union and joined the Union Navy. He had been a prisoner at Camp Douglas Chicago, Ilinois and enlisted into the Navy either on the 20th or 22nd of December 1863. He served until his discharge in June of 1865.
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Navy Survivors' Certificates
Location: Navy Survivors' Certificates ›K ›Ki ›Kirkland, Reese (#21978) ›Page 92
Source: The National Archives
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