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sons upon condition of taking the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy and entering its military service. There were three battalions of them, averaging ten companies each. One of the battalions was stationed at Savannah under General Mercer. They were aU styled "Foreign Battalions" by the official promul gations of the Confederate authorities. The seven members of the Savannah organization were caught in the act of deserting back to the