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A sad coincidence
On 19 August 1864 the Confederate Conscription Bureau in Richmond, VA sent a notice to the Army's Adjutant General that Private J.H. Garrison was considered a deserter from Company B…
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J.N. Henderson’s empty sleeve (1864)
Son of a prosperous planter, John N Henderson was 18 years old in July 1861 when he enlisted as a Private in Company E of the 5th Texas Infantry in…