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Old May 29, 2014, 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Ike McCaslin View Post
Tomorrow, some family members and I are in search of an ancestor's grave. He was a Confederate soldier, prisoner of war, that escaped from a train wreck in Northern PA. Aided by an ex-Union soldier, he escaped and headed home to North Carolina. He was apprehended in Maryland and was forcibly conscripted into the Union Army. He deserted shortly after the end of the war. This should be a great adventure.
Wow! Does sound like a great adventure. Tell us more after.
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