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This brief newspaper notice offers a glimpse into Dillard's civilian life forty years after the Civil War.https://nomadicrootsresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/image-e1792407481319.jpgimageMarriage of Dillard C. Howell and Mary Catharine Bales, November 8, 1871. Their marriage was recorded in Hendricks County, Indiana, six years after Dillard's release from Point Lookout. This original marriage record provides an important link between his military service in Virginia and his later family life in Kansas.https://nomadicrootsresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/howell-dillard-c.jpgHowell Dillard C**Dillard C. Howell's prisoner-of-war record, 1865.** This register from Point Lookout, Maryland, documents Confederate prisoners held during the final months of the Civil War. Howell was captured near Burkesville, Virginia, on April 6, 1865, arrived at Point Lookout on April 14, and was released on June 13, 1865. *Roll of Prisoners of War at Point Lookout, Maryland*, page 337.https://nomadicrootsresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/vintage-gettysburg-newspaper-clipping.pngVintage Gettysburg Newspaper Clipping**Dillard C. Howell recalls the Battle of Gettysburg.** In an interview published in *The Evening Herald* (Ottawa, Kansas), June 30, 1913, page 6, Howell described his experiences during Pickett's Charge fifty years after the battle. The original newspaper columns have been rearranged for easier reading.https://nomadicrootsresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/howell-dillard-c-page-3.jpgHowell Dillard C - Page 3Military service record identifying Dillard C. Howell as a private in Company A, 24th Virginia Infantry.2026-10-20T00:09:51+00:00monthlyhttps://nomadicrootsresearch.com/2026/10/13/lorenzo-dow-howell-two-wars-one-lifetime-and-a-divided-nation/2026-10-12T20:29:09+00:00monthlyhttps://nomadicrootsresearch.com/2026/10/06/the-road-back-to-wilkesboro-how-an-indiana-boy-found-his-mothers-homeland-in-the-civil-war/https://nomadicrootsresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/42091_343633-00055.jpg42091_343633-00055Marriage register for Tilghman Howell and Maggie Transou, 1 August 1893, Wilkes County, North Carolina.https://nomadicrootsresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/reportofadjutant07indi_0310.jpgreportofadjutant07indi_0310Tilghman A. Howell of Hartford City appears on the roster of Company I, 130th Indiana Infantry. 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