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Re: Georgia Confederate Reserves

Gentlemen:Regarding the discussion about who enrolled in the Ga. Reserves, I suggest that you cross reference the invidual members of some selected Reserve companies. I had Vandigriff relatives in Co. D, 2nd Ga. Reserves. If you cross reference with the 1863 Ga. militia district rolls, you can clearly see the occupations, where they lived, whether they owned a fire arm, and other pertinent info. It is from these rolls that the 1864 draft was made. In the Vandigriff case, my g-grandfather was 17 years old and listed as a farm laborer and his father was listed as 45 years of age, occupation, Blacksmith. They cam be found on the militia rolls for Oregon District, Powder Springs, Ga. 35th Senatorial district. I hope this helps. From my cursory review of these types of records, I suggest that the draft was much wider than is usually thought to be the case. By this time, with Sherman's forcesw already around Resaca, the Confederate government of Georgia was grabbing and snatching any able-bodied man or boy that could shoulder an arm. Best regards, Douglas Brooks

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