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2 March 1863

Simickson, Henry, fl. 1863

Autograph document signed

Title: Evidence of Typhoid Fever

Mayor affirms that physicians have appeared before him stating that Kiger is unfit to return to his regiment.

GLC03131.16.16

1863

Simickson, Henry, fl. 1863

Envelope

Title: Envelope that contained furlough and passes

For James Kiger. Missing from envelope.

GLC03131.16.17

1815

Simickson, Henry, fl. 1863

Newspaper clipping

Title: [Article honoring those who lost their lives in the Civil War]

Title torn from article. "These men fought to maintain and perpetuate the rights of human nature. These men fought, not for themselves alone--they struck the chains from the limbs of four millions of bondsmen..."

GLC03131.16.18

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