So,, C, S. A. James A. Brooks, Private, Company C, 29th, also Co E, 2nd (could still be the same man after taking the OATH ), " A Co. TN 4th Mtd Infantry, U. S. A.".???

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4th mounted, 18 year old Farmer, born in Cherokee County, Alabama, << not him, my James can read and write from the 1870, 1880, 1900 census.

kind of strange 2 James brooks in the same company.