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Leeland mystery unfolds as Ingalls connects Georgia figure
Ex senator John J. Ingalls interviews in The Telegraph trigger a link between Francis Marion Leeland of Perry Georgia and Capt. W. W. Anderson of Macon Georgia. Preston confirms clue by recognizing Anderson as Leeland, who vanished before the war and reappeared afterward.
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