Now What: Understanding Confederate Discharge Papers

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Question: My great-grandfather’s Confederate army Certificate of Disability for Discharge annotates “enlisted,” replacing it in two places with “enrolled.” What does this mean? Answer: We here at the “Now What?” brain trust aren’t afraid to admit when we’re stumped. We even turned to Mike Millner, systems support librarian for the North Carolina Government & Heritage Library, who View Website VIP Subscription

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