A Record of Pennsylvania Deserters.

The article discusses the records of deserters from Pennsylvania infantry, artillery, and cavalry regiments during the U.S. Civil War. According to the article, the records are housed at the Centre County Library and Historical Museum in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and were discovered by Sally McMurry of Pennsylvania State University. The article states that the list of deserters was originally compiled by the U.S. Office of the Provost Marshal General in Washington, D.C., and such lists were used by election boards to determine voter eligibility and questions of loyalty to the U.S. The article states that the use of such desertion roles to determine voter eligibility was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1868.