| Rather than finding the deserters, the army tends simply dismiss them in their absence. |
| The bureau confirmed their suspicions when it sent patrols into the countryside to round up deserters and men subject to conscription. |
| Many of those who opted out were repeat deserters who weren't even shell-shocked. |
| But the tribunals' caseload amounted largely to dealing with deserters, known Confederate agents, and foreign nationals in Confederate service. |
| The expedition continued to toil north, and continued to leak men, as deserters wilier than Collins slipped away night after night. |
| The Appalachian Mountains, Florida swamps, and Texas chaparral became the domain of armed bands of Southern deserters. |
