Hayes LoweAnd to complicate it even further...Wed Jan 17 06:47:57 2001 a man could join up with any regiment passing through the area, or even with a detachment sent back from the front to recruit replacements. He might even be conscripted and assigned to a unit as a replacement. I have several examples of Alabama men who were Mississippi conscripts, so I'm sure it could have gone the other way, too.Absolutely — alan pitts, Wed Jan 17 12:51 One more thing — George Purvis, Wed Jan 17 20:42