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In June 1861, Richard Henry Watkins, a Virginia planter, joined the Prince Edward Dragoons, leaving his wife Mary and children behind. He was later promoted to quartermaster and received supplies from home. Meanwhile, Arkansas units faced harsher conditions, with two companies rejected and ten from Ashley and Hot Spring counties forming the Third Arkansas Infantry. Personal letters from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture reveal a mix of home comforts and hard marches during the early war.
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