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Re: 3rd Confederate Cavalry Regiment, Company E

Thanks for this information George.

His real name was Marion Madison Bates but was always known as Madison. There is quite a bit written about the family online but I like to do my own research so that is why I got his service records myself. Nothing has been documented (that I know of) which indicates he was a deserter (nor is it mentioned in family lore that I am aware of), so that came as a surprise to me and I wanted to get someone else's interpretation of it, which was what brought me here.

I have also read that the Union army actually designated many Confederate captures as deserters when indeed they were not. Apparently this was done to bolster propaganda that the South's morale was bad and that soldiers were throwing in the towel. Is this true? Would be curious to get some feedback on this. I realise during the Atlanta campaign there were many deserters who chose to go home and protect their families as well.

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