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- ↑ Cullums_Register, Vol. II, p.185 #1197 (Born Vt.) Henry R. Selden (Ap'd Vt.) 31
- ↑ Roster: 1st Regiment, New Mexico Infantry (New), Submitted By Rob and C. W. Barnum, 2,058 Names from nmahgp.genealogyvillage.com accessed December 25, 2016
- ↑ George Breckenridge Davis, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph William Kirkley, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, United States, Series I, Vol. XLVIII, Part I, Operations in Louisiana and the Trans-Mississippi States and Territories. January 1 to June 30, 1865, War Department, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pp.749, 1043-1044
- ↑ Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, The Dyer Publishing Company, Des Moines, Iowa, 1908, p.1367