After spending a couple of weeks at the National Archives looking at pension records a tremendous amount of information has been found. One of the pension records had a post war tin type of a former Confederate with the 16th Regiment Georgia Infantry. He had deserted his regiment at Gettysburg and enlisted in the United States Cavalry at Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory in August of 1864. Of course he used an alias name and therefore the reason for the photograph. The photograph was shown to other soldiers who knew him as proof as to his identity. They also clipped his signature out and matched his handwriting for post war pensions purposes. How he ended up at Fort Sumer is still a mystery but he sure put some miles between him and the ANV. He stayed in the United States Army a number of years and at one point his commanding officer was Marcus A. Reno of Little Big Horn fame. It's probably a good idea he left the United States Cavalry when he did otherwise he may not have been able to enjoy his pension. He would die in Georgia and his tombstone neither makes mention of his Confederate service nor his service to the United States. Although he would be considered as a galvanized Yankee he was not sent to Fort Sumner by the United States military, he made the trip on his own.