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Quarterly return of deceased soldiers of company

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05336.04 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Document signed Date: 30 June 1864 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 25.7 cm, Width: 60.7 cm Order a Copy

Reports that African American soliders John Jackson, Shadrick Ham, Benjamin Dobson, George Washington [II] and Anderson West died from disease at Fort Smith, Arkansas. States that Henry Whittle died from an accident at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, that Irvin Wilson drowned at Fort Smith, and that Doctor Randall died from disease at Fort Smith. This document is partially printed.

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