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- 1 2 3 4 Place, Rich (August 2, 2014). "Civil War descendants gather for annual reunion". Salamanca Press . Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Reporters' Notebook". Buffalo News . July 20, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Interview: Civil War Historian Mark H. Dunkelman". Blog 4 History. April 7, 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
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