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A question for anyone who knows...

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In doing the research for this article, I gained access (through a pay site called "Fold 3") to Sander's records for both the Confederate and Union armies. One thing that fascinates me about this guy is that in his Federal records, he's stated to have been recruited and commissioned "from civil life;" no mention whatsoever is made of his former Confederate service. It boggles my mind that the Federals, had they known that this guy had not only fought for the other side, but accepted an officer's commission in the 'Rebel' army to boot, would (or legally could, absent a pardon from President Lincoln) have ever commissioned him as a Federal officer!! Furthermore, the Federal records indicate that Sanders was named as a deserter at one point during his four-month absence (which included his attack on Newton); yet no mention is made of his former 'Rebel' service, which we might have suspected would have been the first thing his superiors would have thought of, once Sanders went missing...

In essence, our friend LT Sanders was a double traitor: first, he commits treason against the United States by joining a rebellion and taking an officer's commission in the 'Rebel' army; then, having thus initially declared for the South, he commits treason again—this time, by joining the Federal army and waging war on his former neighbors and fellow-Confederates!

Does anyone out there know anything about this guy, and if so, whether he ever told the Federals about his previous career as a Confederate officer? I've been told that some kind of scholarly article was authored about Sanders, but I haven't been able to find a copy of it. If anyone can assist with this, or offer any further info on the Battle of Newton, by all means, please contact me--or just jump right in, and insert it into the article itself. Thanks! - Ecjmartin (talk) 02:22, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the move request was: consensus to move the page, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 01:54, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Battle of Newton (Alabama)Battle of Newton – There is no other article of the same name. The proposed name is of currently a disambiguation page, but the dab page has only this article and the other article Battle of Newtown. I recently added hatnotes on both articles, rendering the dab page useless. When the article first appeared on the Main Page, the Main Page mistakenly displayed "Battle of Newtown". However, that was quickly resolved as seen in this page, changing to "Battle of Newton". Edit: There are other cities and towns of Newton, like Newton, Massachusetts, but there is only one Battle of Newton. If you want to keep "Alabama", how about Battle of Newton, Alabama? George Ho (talk) 18:07, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]


The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.
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