Upon arriving home to tell his parents what he had done, he was told that he would not be going to war. He would be staying home to take care of the farm and his family.
His father, John Boyd senior, aged 61, went and checked in in his son's place.
We have a number of letters that father John wrote home to his family over the time he served in the military. There are time "gaps" in these letters. It makes me wonder if others in the Boyd clan might have additional letters to add to this story?? If you read this and do have some of these precious letters, please let me know and we'll add them to the blog so that this part of our family history can be shared and not lost to time.
Current known letters:
February 24, 1863 - Lexington area
March 1, 1863 - Lexington, Camp Ella Bishop
May 25, 1864 - Kingston ? County Georgia
November 6, 1864 - Atlanta
March 18, 1865 - Susan Yardley Boyd dies while her husband is away
April 1865 - Furlough Affidavit
May 2, 1865 - Washington, DC
May 3, 1865 - On Board Gov't Boat - Fortress Monroe
May 3, 1865 - Pass
May 18, 1865 - Greensboro, North Carolina
May 29, 1865 - Greensboro
March 1, 1863 - Lexington, Camp Ella Bishop
May 25, 1864 Kingston, Georgia
November 6, 1864 - Atlanta, Georgia
Furlough Affidavit - April 1865
May 2, 1865 - U.S. Sanitary Commission
May 3, 1865 - On Board Gov't Boat - Fortress Monroe
Pass
May 18, 1865 - Greensboro, North Carolina
May 29, 1865 - Greensboro
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