http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/the-father-of-pvt-theodore-w-king-1st-ri-searches-for-his-son/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Thu, 23 May 2013 14:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/the-father-of-pvt-theodore-w-king-1st-ri-searches-for-his-son/#comment-18758 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:46:22 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=8967#comment-18758 Excellent read. You can feel the pain and suffering of this caring parent and father for his wounded and missing son.
I am sure that if he was paroled he wasn’t about to… or be allowed to go back in the ranks.

]]> http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/the-father-of-pvt-theodore-w-king-1st-ri-searches-for-his-son/#comment-18757 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:32:33 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=8967#comment-18757 I’ve taken your suggestion for now, DH. Makes sense – Moore took the office of Surgeon General just after Bull Run. It might be difficult to resolve unless we have another verified signature: most of his department’s records and his personal papers were lost in the fires at Richmond after the city fell in 1865.

]]> http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/the-father-of-pvt-theodore-w-king-1st-ri-searches-for-his-son/#comment-18755 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:04:13 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=8967#comment-18755 I think the writer of the August 10th response letter may be Samuel P. Moore, Confederate Surgeon General.
-DH

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