Scouting in Western Virginia, 1861
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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William Baldwin Fletcher held high hopes of serving as a Union army surgeon. When that prospect failed to materialize, he instead became a scout for Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Reynolds. Thus began his adventures in western Virginia during the earliest months of the war. Here is what happened.
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