If Luther was warned out of Bennington for professing Quaker beliefs, then his enlistment in the Continental Army would seem inconsistent to those beliefs. The "Quaker Declaration of Pacifism" to Charles II in 1660 reads thus - "We utterly deny all outward wars and strife, and fightings with outward weapons, for any end, or under any pretense whatever; this is our testimony to the whole world. The Spirit of Christ by which we are guided is not changeable, so as once to command us from a thing as evil, and again to move unto it; and we certainly know, and testify to the world, that the Spirit of Christ, which leads us into all truth, will never move us to fight and war against any man with outward weapons, neither for the kingdom of Christ, nor for the kingdoms of this world." These tenets put many a modern day Quaker to the test in the face of the "draft" - in my memory during both the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. For the most part, although they were still required to serve in the armed services, as pacifists they were given desk or non-combat jobs. I wonder if Luther's appointment as General Lee's baggage wagon driver might somehow have been related to this issue; and what the "misconduct on the battlefield" question was about. Could it somehow relate to refusal to carry or use a weapon? Just conjecture. But would there be records somewhere to shed light on this event? Barbara Dudley Washburn-Lienhard