Timeline for How could a deserter go West in 1863?
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| Aug 28, 2018 at 14:25 | comment | added | MAGolding | I have also heard of a place in western Pennsylvania where deserters and escaped POWs from the Union and confederate armies were said to have built forts to defend themselves against capture. | |
| Jan 26, 2018 at 21:00 | comment | added | Mhw | I appreciate the insights into that period. No doubt I have many misconceptions about it, which is why I asked.He did volunteer in Aug 62 and desert 7 months later. I knew desertion was common... I have several family members who did, though they went back home to PA. I didn’t know a lot headed west, though it makes sense. | |
| Jan 25, 2018 at 18:15 | history | edited | MAGolding | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 25, 2018 at 18:07 | history | answered | MAGolding | CC BY-SA 3.0 |