George had served with the volunteers (NOT MILITIA) that seized Ft Smith April 1861, under W E WOODRUFF,jr, who was under his father, Solon BORLAND acting as Aide-de-Camp for governor Henry M RECTOR, prior to start of Civil war, then in Texas under Gen Albert PIKE.
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