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re: Obscure/Interesting/Quirky "American" Facts 1865-1880
Posted on 8/22/14 at 7:40 am to ChineseBandit58
Posted on 8/22/14 at 7:40 am to ChineseBandit58
quote:I had a great GF or great uncle or something who got drafted in WWI. During training marches he would secretly fall out near the beginning, rest up in the bushes while the other marched 20 miles, then join back in when they marched by him again just before the end
I have 3 great-grandfathers who fought in Civil War - the 4th claimed he was "too old" so he hid out, dodging the searchers for holdouts.
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Posted on 8/22/14 at 7:47 am to Kafka
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I had a great GF or great uncle or something who got drafted in WWI. During training marches he would secretly fall out near the beginning, rest up in the bushes while the other marched 20 miles, then join back in when they marched by him again just before the end
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