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Unlike a deserter who intends to permanently leave the service, a straggler leaves the service without permission before their term of service has expired but intends to return to military service. (Encyclopedia Virginia)
See also: https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/desertion-confederate-during-the-civil-war/
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