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    How were the deserters of the Union Army punished during the Civil War?

    Question #88960. Asked by tragic_flawed. (Nov 23 07 11:49 PM)


    star_gazer

    		Officially the punishment was death, although that was rarely carried out.

    Nov 24 07, 12:03 AM
    Trooper2196

    		In the United States, before the Civil War, deserters from the Army were flogged, while after 1861 tattoos or branding were also adopted. The maximum U.S. penalty for desertion in wartime remains death, although this punishment was last applied to Eddie Slovik in 1945.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertion#American_Civil_War

    Nov 24 07, 3:06 PM

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