Kerry T
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I'm researching information for a novel I'm working on about one of my 3nd Great Grandfathers. He was apparently listed as a deserter from the Alabama 47th Infantry Regiment, Company B, in 1865, not long before the end of the war. Where would he have been at that time?
He was released from a Union prison in Baltimore after the war. Upon return to Alabama he became aware of the charge. Apparently he spent the rest of his life disputing he was a deserter. There was no Confederate Army or Government to argue his case to. What effect did this have on soldiers like him. Was he restricted ? He apparently got a law license in Texas. How could such people hope to convince society they were captured instead of deserting? How were they treated?
Are there publications dealing with the issue? Any consultants I can ask without cost?
He was released from a Union prison in Baltimore after the war. Upon return to Alabama he became aware of the charge. Apparently he spent the rest of his life disputing he was a deserter. There was no Confederate Army or Government to argue his case to. What effect did this have on soldiers like him. Was he restricted ? He apparently got a law license in Texas. How could such people hope to convince society they were captured instead of deserting? How were they treated?
Are there publications dealing with the issue? Any consultants I can ask without cost?
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