** The Confederates troops drew up on Fort Jackson's grounds the night of the mutiny and demanded to surrender to nearby Union troops.
** Those troops involved in the mutiny were largely foreign or northern-born and did not have a strong attachment to o love of the Know-Nothing Party or government of New Orleans.
** They did not have a strong attachment to to Confederate goals as did they native-born Southerners.
** The experience of having been working class men in New Orleans and accustomed to organizing to go on strike when not being paid was also a factor.
** Choosing to mutiny on the first night there were nearby Union troops suggests that they preferred the Union.
** After the officers surrendered the forts on April 28, 1862, all were offered a parole.
** All the officers and enlisted men of the one non-New Orleans unit swore to not fight until am exchange could be arranged, and then they would fight for the Confederacy again.
** The other seven units had many men who did not want a parole, for that would eventually mean they would have to return to Confederate service.
--Old B-Runner
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