To make a definite point here, the Bummers were Shermans men. They were foraging parties sent out to bring in food for the Army, but they went a lttle too far in that category. They did such a good job of foraging food Sherman nicknamed them bummers.

Of course there were Confederate deserters following along. But make no mistake about this and I proudly say I was in the US Army. From Sand Creek to My Lai the US Soldier was not always a Chior Boy and sometimes you could say he was working for Satan, just ask them Cheyenne Indian women at Sand Creek, Colorado Territory, butchered of their genitalia by Chivington's men in 1864.