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Mr. Hanna writes of how his employee James Barton was taken into custody, mistaken for the deserter Joseph Barton. He notes that James never could have been drafted as a childhood accident has rendered him a lifelong invalid, before suggesting they do not enlist him as he is physically incapable of serving in the Army. There is a draft transcript in our case file.

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