Posted By:	Alan Pitts
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	Subject:	Re: Wrong age on enlistment papers?
	Post Date:	June 30, 2009 at 05:37:06
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	Forum:	Civil War Forum
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It depends. You'll need to determine whether you are reading original documents or not. Carded records of course are not originals, and information could have been misread from the rolls. Also, twenty-four would be a much more common age than forty-four. Most soldiers who are that old quickly become accustomed to jokes about their age. People frequently match service records by name only. You seem to be on the right track based on your question about age and the effort you made to identify anyone else by the same name living in the area. If a pension application exists, you should have further detail on which to base your judgement.