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- ↑ Official Army Register of the Volunteer Force of the United States Army for the Years 1861, '62, '63, '64, '65 (Part IV ed.). Office of the Adjutant General of the U.S. Army. August 31, 1865. p. 1161 . Retrieved 22 June 2019.
