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112:(Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891), Series I, Vol. XXXIV, Part II, p. 207; "Organization of Troops in the Department of the Missouri, Commanded by Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, December 31, 1863,"
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116:(Washington: Government Printing Office, 1888), Series I, Vol. XXII, Part II, p. 762; Col. Edward Lynde, report,
108:"Troops in the Department of Kansas, Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, US Army, Commanding, January 31, 1864,"
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86:(Leavenworth: Bulletin Co-Operative Printing Co., 1867), Vol II, p. 109.
99:(N.p.: Kansas Daughters of the American Revolution, 1989), pp. 3-5.
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