What was his name and rating? I know a few years ago, I discovered that there
was a re-inactors group in Michigan called the 8th Arkansas who plays the
Confederates of course. That name was chosen for their group because they
were such hard fighters.
I honestly think who was left alive at the end of the war is posted somewhere between now and
back in September. If I can find it, I will send it to you.
Being unfit for service and taking care of the livestock would have meant, in my mind, that he
was taking care of the animals that were greatly needed. Plus he had fought so much, he was probably
about to loose his mind from the gore and the fighting.
My ancestor, J. D. Pearce, was the one who loaded the big guns and knew how much powder
to put in each. He kept a running record of how much was used at each battle, sort of a keeper of the recipes.