Peeler was born in Mississippi, and his father died when he was two years old. The mother remarried (Wallace) and the family moved to Saline Co in the 1850's. Being related to him, James W. Peeler, though his first wife that died after child birth, and Peeler marrying again, some of the stories didn't get passed down to my side of the family. Did hear of a gun shot wound to the leg, but not when and where. Are you still talking the Ark 1st Cav, Co B with Capt Miller with proir to Crawford's in Dec 1863? How does a 16/17 year old pass for a 35 year old? The roster states a man born in 1827 from SC. Maybe they didn't pay attention to the details or didn't care.