Hi, The national archives has, as they told me, a huge collection of unit rosters for the us regulars which do lists deserters. The states may have the same for their militia companies. Desertion was handled differently. Regulars were often executed wherein militia were generally fined. The Black Rock fiasco in 1812 was probably the largest case of desertion where most of the militia deserted from Gen. Smyth's army. Newspapers also ran adds offering rewards for deserters. I could send you some on Black Rock. my email; bender50@alltel.net Mark Painter -----Original Message----- From: warof1812-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:warof1812-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of KellinF@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:26 PM To: warof1812@rootsweb.com; akeegan@wowway.com Subject: Re: [WAROF1812] 13th US Infantry in the War of 1812 I am a student at Cal. State working on my Masters. My subject is the role of desertion in the War of 1812. I am on the Email list for the War of 1812. I have noticed that you seem to have a great deal of information on the War. I have tried to send a messege to the Warof1812@rootsweb.com but it keeps coming back. Do you know of any records concerning the role of desertion? Thanks in advance for your help. Kellin Francis ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WAROF1812-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message