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Deserters not only take themselves out of the contest, they cause those who remain to question the wisdom of their continued service. The armies of the American Civil War proved uniquely susceptible to desertion, and the problem plagued both sides throughout the war.
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This Civil War newspaper features a story and picture of a Firing Squad and Execution of a Civil War deserter ... Civil War Harper's Weekly, December 28, 1861 ... THE EXECUTION OF THE DESERTER WILLIAM JOHNSON IN GENERAL FRANKLIN'S DIVISION, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.-[SEE PAGE 827.]
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This Civil War Harper's Weekly features a story on the execution of Civil War Deserters ... This site has an online archive of all the Harper's Weekly newspapers created during the Civil War. This collection allows you to read reports of the war that were created within hours of the events described. These reports will...
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Desertion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In military terminology, desertion is the abandonment of a "duty" or post without permission from one's Government or superior. The term AWOL is an acronym for "Absent Without Leave." Ultimate "duty...
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Why did Civil War soldiers desert, Desertion in the Union and Confederate Army Reasons Results, Causes of Desertion, What is a deserter, Types of Desertion, What Caused Desertion Desertions Deserters ... North Carolina: Civil War Highlander Desertion and the Highlander Deserter...
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Confederate Civil War Soldier Desertion Deserter Army Prisoners Prisoner of War Union Prison Camp Douglas POW Elmira Camps List Prisons National Archives Confederacy Soldiers Andersonville History ... Thomas Aiken: A Civil War Deserter...
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Civil War - Army Deserter - John Long; From the Salisbury Wicomico News, 27 May 1920 ... . . . This story brought vividly to my mind a similar case which occurred in Salisbury during the Civil War, only that the man instead of being a deserter from the Union Army was a strong Southern sympathizer and had incurred...
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War Crime or Justice? ... These and letters from so-called friends at home, Paris warned, overcame some soldiers in the ranks, and "the young man of promise and of hope once, now becomes a deserter." Warning of the harsh consequences of a Union victory, Paris appealed to Confederate patriotism:
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