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Sallie Wood Buries 10 CSA Soldiers

I am working on a story about Sallie Oblesby Wood, wife of a young man named Wood from Camden, AR. Her husband was supposedly killed in a MS battle and she made the trip to bring back his body. When she got to MS she found his body had been placed in a mass grave along with 9 other Confederate soldiers. Since there was no way to ID her husband's body, Sallie brought the remains of all 10 soldiers home to Camden. Sallie died in 1926 and is buried in a large plot in Old Union Cemetery along with 10 simple headstones marking her husbands grave and 9 of his fellow unknown soldiers.

Can you tell me anything about two men who served in the City Guard (from Camden, AR) by the names of W. Wood, and W. F. Wood? I'm looking for the one who might have been married to Sallie Oglesby Wood.

Any help you might be able to give would be greatly appreciated.

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