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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gould IV 2002, p. xxii.
- ↑ "Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From The State of Massachusetts", available at Fold3 by Ancestry.com. Note: Listed as "Com. Sergt."
- ↑ "General Assembly - Senate". Tri-Weekly Era. 3 September 1872. p. 4. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- 1 2 Gould IV 2002, p. 30.