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Chilidog,
Dang! That IS weird. How could it have been that anyone said to be having a "master" was eligible (or were they?) to enlist?!? Now that you mention it, my impression had been that there was a lot of being "volunteered" or enouraged to join service up north, and that "freedmen" lived only in Yankee territory, so therefore had no "master" whose permission would be needed! Or did they? Were they NOT free legally then? What the heck is this...
Bluehawk
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