tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295676.post114845926326346609..comments2023-11-02T23:06:45.962-07:00Comments on of Battlefields and Bibliophiles: The Walk to the Seadwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01748726942956990159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295676.post-1149133380126424202006-05-31T20:43:00.000-07:002006-05-31T20:43:00.000-07:00Brian,Not sure. We know, from various comments, th...Brian,<BR/><BR/>Not sure. We know, from various comments, the depth to which he disdained war — so it's no surprise that he did not volunteer. The "fact sheet" circulated by his birthplace site mentions that he frequently wrote home to ask if he had been drafted yet. Hard to say whether he would have complied with a draft order, or if he was just checking to see if it was time to get out of Dodge. I'm guessing he would have ignored the draft and headed for the hills. <BR/><BR/>David Woodburydwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01748726942956990159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295676.post-1149122813631423382006-05-31T17:46:00.000-07:002006-05-31T17:46:00.000-07:00From a Sierra Club bio online:In 1860 ... he enter...From a Sierra Club <A HREF="http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/life/" REL="nofollow">bio online</A>:<BR/><BR/><I>In 1860 ... he entered the University of Wisconsin. He made fine grades, but after three years left Madison to travel the northern United States and Canada, odd-jobbing his way through the yet unspoiled land.<BR/><BR/>In 1867 ... began his years of wanderlust. He walked a thousand miles from Indianapolis to the Gulf of Mexico ...</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks for the thoughtfull post. I'm a sucker for an expressive face - and John Muir's is cerainly one. <BR/><BR/>For them what knows: any idea why he apparently ignored the call of the Army 1863-65? I recognize his hardly-warlike nature ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com