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- May 23, 2018
Okay, so I know my resolution was to broaden my genealogical focus, but I have one last pressing mystery I'd like to solve about the 64th NC side of the family before moving on. This has been bugging me for months, but I got distracted with other things and didn't get a chance to look into it.
My g-g-g-g grandfather was Charles Candler. He was an officer in the 64th NC, finishing the war as a captain. There is a cryptic entry in his CSR, stating from Aug 31-Dec 31, 1862 he was confined or arrested. At the time, he was a 1st lieutenant and had only been with the regiment a few weeks. (He'd been in another regiment earlier in the war and had been taken prisoner before being paroled.)
Regardless, there's no indication of the charges he was confined/arrested over. Likewise, his status for Jan/Feb 1863 is "not stated"--though I know that those notes can sometimes be for the day in question and not the entire period indicated. By March/April, he is still listed as a 1st lieutenant and is now present and, indeed, signing the roster as company commander, a position he seems to have held until the last days of the war, where he was again taken prisoner.
Have you found a notation like this in a CSR before?
What could he have been charged with where he'd be confined/under arrest for 4 months but apparently still be allowed to return to the regiment without consequence?
And how can I figure out what he got in trouble for?
I've been wanting to check court-martial records (and will this weekend), but I have never seen any indication that he had a court-martial. But I assume he had to have some sort of a trial that would have led to the punishment he received? Is there anywhere besides court-martial records I can check?
By the way, I have no difficulty believing he did something. I've found pre-war newspapers in the area where he's called out publicly for starting trouble, and his wife was written out of her father's will for marrying him, also pre-war. (That's directly stated in the will and his in-law's private diary. LOL) He was by all accounts something of a scoundrel, though that has made me oddly fond of him.
Thanks in advance!
My g-g-g-g grandfather was Charles Candler. He was an officer in the 64th NC, finishing the war as a captain. There is a cryptic entry in his CSR, stating from Aug 31-Dec 31, 1862 he was confined or arrested. At the time, he was a 1st lieutenant and had only been with the regiment a few weeks. (He'd been in another regiment earlier in the war and had been taken prisoner before being paroled.)
Regardless, there's no indication of the charges he was confined/arrested over. Likewise, his status for Jan/Feb 1863 is "not stated"--though I know that those notes can sometimes be for the day in question and not the entire period indicated. By March/April, he is still listed as a 1st lieutenant and is now present and, indeed, signing the roster as company commander, a position he seems to have held until the last days of the war, where he was again taken prisoner.
Have you found a notation like this in a CSR before?
What could he have been charged with where he'd be confined/under arrest for 4 months but apparently still be allowed to return to the regiment without consequence?
And how can I figure out what he got in trouble for?
I've been wanting to check court-martial records (and will this weekend), but I have never seen any indication that he had a court-martial. But I assume he had to have some sort of a trial that would have led to the punishment he received? Is there anywhere besides court-martial records I can check?
By the way, I have no difficulty believing he did something. I've found pre-war newspapers in the area where he's called out publicly for starting trouble, and his wife was written out of her father's will for marrying him, also pre-war. (That's directly stated in the will and his in-law's private diary. LOL) He was by all accounts something of a scoundrel, though that has made me oddly fond of him.
Thanks in advance!