In pursuit of a Confederate deserter

The story of Pvt. John Futch, a North Carolina soldier who wrote a series of remarkable letters before he was executed for desertion, is the subject of a Dec. 4 meeting of the Brunswick Civil War Round Table. Civil War historian Peter S. Carmichael will give his presentation, “Tracking down a Confederate Deserter after Gettysburg," during the meeting at Caswell Beach, N.C. • Article