Suzanne K. McKean, Author at NC History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction

Disease, Not Lead, Found This Trooper

May 4, 2015 | Confederate affiliation, New Hanover

Disease, Not Lead, Found This Trooper Joseph W. Boys was a private in the United States Army, serving with the 112th New York. (A regimental history written by a chaplain with the 112th can be found online.) Joseph, a mortician, survived the action at Fort Fisher but...

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