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(CONFEDERATE SURGEON TURNS IN A DESERTER)

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(CONFEDERATE SURGEON TURNS IN A DESERTER)
L.S. 1p. 4to., 3rd. Georgia Hospital, Richmond, Va., Ap.21,1862, in which James Mercer Green, the surgeon in charge of the hospital, writes in part: "...James M. Puler…28th reg. Ga. Vols…has been missing since Saturday afternoon. The fact that he procured an officer's coat and by that means passed the guard leads me to believe that it is his intention to desert. Said Puler is 18 years of age, about 5 ft. high, fair complexion…limps slightly…had on when last seen a Lieutenant's coat with shoulder straps, and a black straw hat…". Some fold wear and short tears on right margin, effecting one word of the text, otherwise good to very good.