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"Hidden" Arkansas soldier

Another of the soldiers who served but slipped through the cracks by the War Department clerks who did an amazing job 99.9% of the time.

GRIFFITH, J. C.: C.S. Unknown company, 32nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment Pvt/Pvt. Enlisted after Feb 1864 at Jacksonport, Jackson, Arkansas. Paroled 5 Jun 1865 at Jacksonport, Arkansas, listing age: 23, eyes: black, hair: light, height: 5’10”, birthplace, Tenn. Born in Tennessee. Married Elmyra _____. Age listed as 27 on 1870 White Co., Arkansas Census. (His CSR can be found under the entry for J. L. Griffin [Jesse Langston Griffin], who had earlier enlisted in the regiment, but was also paroled at Jacksonport on 5 Jun 1865 as a member of Company A, 2nd (Morgan’s) Arkansas Cavalry Regiment).