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W. R. Hale, of Hector, Ark., would be glad to hear from some comrades who were either in prison or in the army with him. He belonged to the 3d Arkansas Cavalry and was captured December 29, 1863, near Morristown, Tenn., taken to Rock Island, Ill., and put in Barrack No. 7. From there he was sent to Richmond March 13, 1865, and paroled at Camp Lee. The 3d Arkansas was remounted at Grenada, Miss., and was with General Van Dorn in Middle Tennessee. When he was killed. General Forrest took command until after the battle of Chickamauga. After this Mr. Hale was with General Wheeler on his Tennessee raid.
SOURCE: Confederate Veteran Magazine, Febraury, 1916.
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