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Re: Ripley,MS. CSA'S
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Maxine,

Might I suggest that you not use the term "drafted" when referring to these men? It appearing that they enlisted well prior to the Confederate government passing a bill instituting the "draft" in April 1862, these men would have proudly boasted that they were volunteers.

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