VISUAL ACTIVITY Native American Recruits Both the Union and the Confederacy enrolled Indian soldiers. Here, a Union recruiter swears in two recruits. Cherokee chief John Ross, who signed with the Confederacy, likened his difficult choice to that of a man in a flood who sees a log floating by. “By refusing [the log] he is a doomed man. By seizing hold of it he has a chance for his life.” Wisconsin Historical Society, WHS-1909. READING THE IMAGE: What does the clothing of these Indians suggest may have been their motive for joining? CONNECTIONS: As the Union’s search for more soldiers expanded, who else was caught in the Northerner’s net?