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Capture and Escape: A Narrative of Army and Prison Life
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1112:"Marathon County History Society-John Azor Kellogg"
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1195:. Democrat Printing Co
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290:Years of service
202:Maple Lawn Cemetery,
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554:21st Senate district
484:Battle of Five Forks
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604:American Civil War
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580:Madison, Wisconsin
526:American Civil War
433:Battle of Mine Run
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596:District Attorney
594:. He was elected
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779:Candidate
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522:Union Army
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876:Citations
687:and then
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666:prisoner
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854:100.0%
838:39.74%
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776:Party
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256:Lawyer
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685:major
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