Derick I will guess that maybe if he was a farmer that he had to harvest his wheat and was given time to do it. Mike Derick Hartshorn wrote: > I have seen the term "wheat furlough" used very few times in troop records. > I have searched the CSA Military Laws and fail to locate any mention of it. > Does anyone know where this originated? > > The following is a sample of one of three instances I found in "NC Troops" > > Thomas Simpson, Jr., Private - Onslow Co, NC > Company H, 55th Regiment NCT > Born in Craven County and resided in Onslow County where he was by occupation > a farmer prior to enlisting in Onslow county at age 20, March 27, 1862. > Reported on *wheat furlough* in June, 1862. Hospitalized at > Petersburg, Virginia, > October 16, 1862, with remittent fever. Returned to duty on November 20, 1862. > Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1863. Confined at Fort Deleware, > Delaware, July 6, 1863. Transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland, > October 20, 1863. > Paroled at Point Lookout on February 18, 1865. Received at Boulware's Wharf, > James River, Virginia, February 21, 1865, for exchange. Survived the war. > > Vol. 13, page 512 of North Carolina Troops 1861 - 1865 A Roster > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Mike and Derrick, >From my reading, when the "volunteer" armies were first organized, not only didn't the "volunteers" have much (if any military) training, they also considered themselves to be "volunteers." And, if they were need at home for the harvest, death in the family, or, (my favorite: if they had the family knowledge of how to slaughter the pigs), when these events occurred (or it was time for these events), they simply went home and took care of business. When their business at home was finished, they returned to their military duties. Of course this didn't last much past the first year of the war when military rules regarding being away without leave took effect. Unfortunately later in the war some were executed for what today would be called dereliction of duty. Alice Gayley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Ruddy" <mpruddy@gmail.com> To: <civil-war@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] wheat furlough > Derick > I will guess that maybe if he was a farmer that he had to harvest his > wheat and was given time to do it. > Mike > > Derick Hartshorn wrote: >> I have seen the term "wheat furlough" used very few times in troop >> records. >> I have searched the CSA Military Laws and fail to locate any mention of >> it. >> Does anyone know where this originated? >> >> The following is a sample of one of three instances I found in "NC >> Troops" >> >> Thomas Simpson, Jr., Private - Onslow Co, NC >> Company H, 55th Regiment NCT >> Born in Craven County and resided in Onslow County where he was by >> occupation >> a farmer prior to enlisting in Onslow county at age 20, March 27, 1862. >> Reported on *wheat furlough* in June, 1862. Hospitalized at >> Petersburg, Virginia, >> October 16, 1862, with remittent fever. Returned to duty on November 20, >> 1862. >> Captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1863. Confined at Fort >> Deleware, >> Delaware, July 6, 1863. Transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland, >> October 20, 1863. >> Paroled at Point Lookout on February 18, 1865. Received at Boulware's >> Wharf, >> James River, Virginia, February 21, 1865, for exchange. Survived the >> war. >> >> Vol. 13, page 512 of North Carolina Troops 1861 - 1865 A Roster >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CIVIL-WAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >