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Hello. In regard to the first man you were looking for, it is possible that he died from wounds he received at Shiloh in April of 1862. Being shot did not necessarily mean death came quickly.
My own gg grandfather J. D. Pearce was wounded and his cousin was killed there at Shiloh. My ancestor was able to be picked up by his brother and went home to Mifflin, Tenn. to recover.
I have been told that the Memphis papers ran stories asking people to come pick up their wounded and that wagons and every thing that could roll went that way to pick up and care for the wounded and dying.
It is my understanding that many of the wounded were loaded on train cars and shipped out for care. They were simply taken in by whomever could/would care for that man until he died or recovered. That in itself speaks volumes of the support the people of the South had for the Confederacy. In my mind it is possible that was your man's fate.
I must also say that the reason I know so much regarding the Civil War was from the kindness of others and in particular Bryan Howeton.
So do keep searching and you will learn a lot.
Good luck.
Linda

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