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 | | Their leader was called "Ham Carpenter." They went to the home of Joe Comeens, who had married Martha Barker, daughter of John Barker, and a sister of Bill Barker and Tom Barker. |
 | | Following this, the leader stated that they were from Marion County, and were rounding up young men to go and fight for the Confederacy, under the Conscript Act; that they were "Enlistment Officers," and had the authority to act for the Confederate Government. |
 | | By early June 1862, the Union Army had won and held possession of Kentucky and Missouri, a large part of Tennessee, northern Arkansas, a part of northeast Mississippi, and a large part of the Tennessee Valley in north Alabama, including a greater part of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad from Memphis to Chattanooga. |
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