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Subject: [PHLY-RTS] Re: deserted / mustered out
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:00:51 EST


In a message dated 11 03 2003 9:01:56 AM,
writes:

<< Does anyone know why there were enlistments in the Union Army during the
Civil War for only 3 month periods? ... Did deserted and mustered out mean
the same thing? >>

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ans.:

In the beginning they thought the war would last a few weeks.
Desertion is a criminal offence punishable by death in some cases[time frame].
Mustered out means you legally left the service.

Milton E. Botwinick [professional genealogist]

http://hometown.aol.com/botwinick/myhomepage/index.html

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