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I could freely give my life to save his. Virginia C.
07-06-2023, 10:37 AM (This post was last modified: 07-07-2023 06:25 AM by Gene C.)
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RE: I could freely give my life to save his. Virginia C.
For those of you interested, there is a book "Don't Shoot That Boy" by Thomas Lowery, that has been mentioned on the forum.

http://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussio...y#pid63136

It doesn't go in to much detail on the individual cases Lincoln reviewed, Steve has gone into more detail than any of the cases I remember reading about in this book. I'll dig it out and see what I can find.

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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07-06-2023, 01:31 PM
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RE: I could freely give my life to save his. Virginia C.
(07-06-2023 10:37 AM)Gene C Wrote:  For those of you interested, there is a book "Don't Shoot That Boy" by Thomas Lowery, that has been mentioned on the forum.

http://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussio...y#pid63136

It doesn't go in to much detail on the individual cases Lincoln reviewed, Steve has gone into more detail than any of the cases I remember reading about in this book. I'll did it out and see what I can find.

Gene, I could not find any of the names in that book.

"So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch
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07-07-2023, 06:44 AM (This post was last modified: 07-07-2023 06:46 AM by Gene C.)
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RE: I could freely give my life to save his. Virginia C.
Thanks David for burning the midnight oil so I wouldn't have to.

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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07-07-2023, 12:43 PM
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RE: I could freely give my life to save his. Virginia C.
(07-07-2023 06:44 AM)Gene C Wrote:  Thanks David for burning the midnight oil so I wouldn't have to.

It was a small amount of midnight oil. There was a short list of names in Steve's post yesterday and there was a book index in "Don't Shoot That Boy".

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07-09-2023, 07:06 PM
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RE: I could freely give my life to save his. Virginia C.
David, a big thanks for posting the letter from the Portland Advertiser and to Steve for his amazing research. I'm looking forward to reading what became of the other men.
The subject of desertion during the Civil War and the military judicial system developed to deal with it, is indeed a complex subject.
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