Camp Garland, Indian Territory, Feb. 23, 1864--Privates Ferrill and Clayton, Co. C, Hardeman's regiment, shot yesterday for desertion; three more to have been shot but escaped. Houston Daily Telegraph, March 9, 1864, p. 1.

However, Mark Weitz in _More Damning than Slaughter: Desertion in the Confederate Army_ (2005) wrote that there should have been more executions, earlier in the war, and that men were often given more than one chance to change their ways. Weitz thought that just led to more desertions.

Working on this project I've found officer after officer being court martialed in Texas for a variety of charges. It would be interesting for someone to pull together a list and see what that might tell us. If we could find enough surviving records, that is.

And I'm a big fan of Co. Aytch! One of the, if not THE best soldier's account to come out of the war.

Vicki Betts