Why would a married man with two small children leave his farm and his family to join the army for three years at thirteen dollars per month? Why would he lie to the army to get in? Why would he sign an oath repudiating his wife and children?
Why did he want a child “put out of the way”? Why did he want his mother to take care of his child? Why did he refuse to let his baby daughter use his surname? Why did he not want to see a picture of his infant daughter? Did the Civil War break up this family? Or was it already broken?
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