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References
- Eicher, David J., The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War, Simon & Schuster, 2001, ISBN 0-684-84944-5.
- Stevens, Larry, 7th Ohio Cavalry, 1995.
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
