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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1896
Page
5
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Fayette County soldiers who served in the Twelfth Cavalry and Company C and F are listed with ranks, enlistment dates, battles, captures, wounds, and deaths. Names include Capt William W War mercom, Capt William L Henderson, First Lieut Henry Gaubert, Sergt Silas II, Corp David Conner, and many others who fought at Shiloh and Tupelo, with several listed as veterans, wounded, captured, or dead through 1865. The roll documents service details across multiple units and notes dramatic casualty and capture records.
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