Record #:

21626

Author(s):

Gerard, Philip

Abstract:

Gerard recounts how soldiers deserting from North Carolina and other state regiments tried to survive while hiding out from Home Guards and other groups who sought them. Some were successful, some were not. A number escaped into Tennessee where they often enlisted in Northern units.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 9, Feb 2014, p142-149, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Desertions