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Allen Polk Doggett Biographical and Civil War Notes

Allen Polk Doggett Biographical and Civil War Notes

content below transcribed and contributed by Aubrey C. Doggett of Houston, Texas, July, 2004 Joined Confederate Forces when 17 Years Old by L. E. Petty The Marshall Gazette (Lewisburg, Tennessee) ~ August 9, 1935 ~ unnumbered page 4 In 1862 the Confederate Army was in desperate straits but not so desperate as to accept a beardless boy who appeared much younger than his admitted seventeen without question. His father’s consent obtained, the farm boy was accepted and became a member…

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