It is okay to disagree on historical facts without dueling or animosity.

I will find the record in my files, if I can, and I will forward it to you. I do not make things up from whole cloth. I do not consider the AWOL records "my proof", but just another account. The AWOL date citations coincided precisely with my father's uncle's capture at Gettysburg and his hospitalization in Danville, after being wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness. If I did not see the notifications, why do you think I would take the time to try vindicate him?