Bridgman v. . Mallett

The petitioner was, prior to 26 April, 1864, a lieutenant in the Army of the Confederate States; but by an order of that date he was dropped from the roll as an officer. At the August Term, (501) 1864, of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the county of Hyde, he was elected register of deeds of the county, and was duly qualified as such by entering into bond and taking the necessary oaths. Subsequently, to wit, on 22 September, 1864, he was ordered as a conscript by the enrolling officer of the county, to report himself without delay to the camp of instruction, near Raleigh. The date…