Civil War Soldier’s Service Records
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Austin, D. W. (Davis Washington) submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co G, 17th Regimental Return June 1862: sick in
hospital. Muster Roll July-Aug 1862: enlisted 28 Feb
1862 at O’Bannonville
by Capt Strawbridge, for the war. Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1862 says he enlisted at Paid bounty of $50 on 24 Dec 1862 by Pete S Wa- - tis??. Register, Payments on Descriptive Lists:
Period of service: 1 Sep - 31 Dec 1863. Paid Aug 1864 (sic) by B
F Reed $169.13. Rmks: clothing.
Paid 3 Oct 1863 for 1 July - 31 Aug 1863, $22 by Alex McVoy.
Paid 23 July 1863 for 1 Jan - 30 June 1863, $66.
Paid bounty 23 Dec 1863 by A. McVoy. (note: not found in
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Black,
Lytle S. Private, Co. D. 33rd Alabama Inf. |
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Cheatham, Peter H. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co C, 33rd Al Inf: enlisted 1 Mar 1862 in Muster Roll for bounty of $50.00, 1 Mar
1862. Muster Roll for Mar-Apr, May-June,
July-Aug, Nov-Dec 1863. Roll of POWs captured by Brig. Gen. Lucas,
3rd Brigade Cav., Mil. Div. West Register of St Mary’s Hospital, West Point,
Miss, 10 Jan 1865. Disease:
VS Rmks: admitted. |
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Cheatham, James G. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Sgt Dobson’s Co., 33rd Al Inf. Register of Claims of Deceased Officers and
Soldiers… Claim presented by Hon. T H
Watts, 3 Apr 186- . Also as James
S Cheatham (in same envelope), Pvt, Co C, 33rd
Al: Muster Roll for bounty of $50.00, 1 Mar
1862, Muster Roll for Mar-Apr 1863 Rmks: dead at Register of Claims of Deceased Officers and
Soldiers… Claim presented by widow
Susan H Cheatham, 20 Apr 1864. |
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Cheatham, W. H. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co C, 33rd Al Inf: enlisted Muster Rolls Mar through Aug 1863:
absent; Rmks:
sent to hospital 15 July 1863 by surgeon. Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1863: present. List of men furloughed from |
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Hitson, John
Wesley Private, Co. B. 18th Alabama Inf. Confederate military records indicate that he enlisted into the Confederate Army on July 9, 1861, in Andalusia, AL. He was listed as private in Company B, 18th Regiment of the Alabama Infantry. While engaged in the Battle of Chickamauga, he was captured near Nashville, Tennessee, by the Union Army on December 16, 1864. He was moved to Louisville, Kentucky where he was placed in a military prisoner of war camp. From that P.O.W. camp, he was taken to another one located at Camp Chase, Ohio. He was released from Camp Chase on June 12, 1865, but only after swearing allegiance to the United States. |
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Morrow,
Abraham Sidney
Private, Co. B, 17th Ala Inf. |
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Mullins, J. H. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co F, 18th
Al. Inf (note: This might be Josiah’s son JH on the 1860 census.) Muster Roll for Aug 12 - Nov 30, 1861:
enlisted Aug 2, Present on Muster Roll Nov - Dec 1861 Present on Muster Roll Dec 31, 1861 - Aug 31,
1862; paid to Dec 31, 1861 Present on Muster Roll Sep-Oct 1862; paid to Aug
31 by Capt McVoy Present on Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1862; paid to Aug
31 by Capt McVoy Regimental Return June 1862: Sick Okalona As Jno H Mullins:
receipt for clothing, 2nd Qtr 1864 Register of Paroled Confederate Soldiers for Jun
1865: June 13 Paroled Jun 14, 1865, Montgomery, Al: 5’ 10”, light hair,
blue eyes, fair? complexion |
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Mullins, J. M. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co ?,
18th Al Inf: enlisted Aug 2
1861, Present on Hospital Muster Roll for Aug 24, 1861 –
Aug 1, 1862. Attached to hospital Nov 1, 1861 as urse.
Rmks: Discharged from hospital Jan 2.
Enlisted July 20, 1861, |
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Murphy, Wilson Jr. submitted by Wilda Murphy 2nd Lt, Co D, Capt. McKee’s Co, 33rd Al Inf, age 21. Company muster roll dated 7 Apr
1862. Enlisted 10 Mar 1862 at Present on Muster Roll for Mch-Apr
1863: last paid to 20 Jul 1862 by Major Gayler.
Rmks: Dropped from the role on June 21/62 by
order of Gen. Hardee; reinstated Mch 19/63 by Adjutant and Inspector General Office,
Special, Oct 1867. Appears on register containing Rosters of Commissioned Officers,
Provisional Army, Record of 19 Mar 1863 referring to Special Order Nbr
67/21 Adjutant & Inspector General’s Office, Confederate States - - no
details. Order from Quartermaster General’s Office June 22? (sic, incl.
question mark) 1863 will pay the account of 2nd Lt Wilson Murphy,
Jr for the time his name was dropped from the Roll to his reinstatement under
Special Order No. 67, Adj. Insp. Gen’l Office, 19
Mar 1863. Present on Muster Roll for May and June 1863: last paid to 20
Jul 1862 by Major Gaylor. Rmks:
Detached to O.A. 33rd Ala Regt since May 9/63 by order of Col
Adams. Present on Muster Roll for July and Aug 1863: last paid to 30
Jun 1863 by Capt Milner. Rmks: On
detached service with O.A. 33 Al Regt since May 8/63 by order of Col Adams. Muster Roll for Sep & Oct 1863
(still 2nd Lt) says enlisted 10 Mar 1862 at Georgianna;
last paid to 31 Jul 1863 by Capt Milner. Still on detached service. Muster roll for Nov & Dec 1863: Capt Wilson Murphey, paid to 31 Dec 1863. Receipt for clothing 15 Dec 1863 for 4th quarter. Front and back of a 3-column paper - - illegible. Front and back of a 4-column Requisition for Stationery, 1 Oct - 31
Dec 1863 with Wilson Murphy’s name barely legible at bottom. Requisition for a tin cup, camp kettle and mess pan signed by Capt
Wilson Murphy, Co D, 33rd Al Regt, received at Tunnel Hill, Ga 31 Dec 186-. Requisition for 19 jackets, 17 pairs pants, 10 cotton shirts, 6
blankets, 13 pairs shoes, 11 pairs drawers at Tunnel Hill, Ga 31 Dec 1863. Several illegible documents and requisitions through 5 Mar 1864. Jan (or Jun, blurred) 1864: record referring to ‘leave for Capt
W Murphey - - no details. Inspection Report Sep 14, 1864 near |
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Saucer, Benjamin F. submitted by Wilda Murphy Cpl/Sgt, Co D, 33rd Al Inf:
Special requisition of Sgt B F Saucer for 1 pair pants $12.00 certified by
Capt. W. Murphy 17 Mar 1864. Muster rolls: Mar through Dec 1863. Enlisted Admitted Roll of POWs at Roll of POWs at Military Prison, On undated roll of sick POWs at Pt Lookout, Md,
released 5 June 1865 on taking oath of allegiance to US. |
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Seal, James submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co E, 62nd Muster Roll 30 June 1864 – 31 Aug 1864. Enlisted 18 Jun 18- -
at Request for clothing for James Seales, Pvt, Co E, Lockhart’s Battalion. |
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Seal, James H. submitted by Wilda Murphy Bulger’s Register of Claims of Deceased Officers and Soldiers from |
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Seal, John R. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co E, 29th Al. Inf. Muster Rolls Mar 1 – Jun 30, 1862 & Jul 1 – Oct 30, 1862:
enlisted 7 Oct 1861 at Wilsonville, Shelby Co, Al by Capt Abernethy for the
war. Muster Roll - to Dec 20, 1862 for
Bounty, Muster Rolls June – August 1863. Register of Officers and Soldiers Killed or Died of Wounds or
Disease: died 18 Aug 1864 at Pine? Register of Claims of Deceased Officers and Soldiers from |
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Seale, Cornelius H. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt , Co C, 17th Muster Roll Sept-Oct 1862 through Jul-Aug
1863: enlisted Sept 7, 1862 at Appears on Receipt Roll (as C H Seale, Pvt) for pay: occupation: overseer
Dec 1863, 27 days @ rate of pay $2.40, signed C H
Seale Rmks:
Feb 1864, 29 days @ rate of pay
$3.00
Rmks:
Mar 1864, 31? days @ rate of pay $3.00, signed his x
mark Rmks: On Register of POWs at On Roll of POWs at |
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Seale, E. A. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co C, 17th Muster Rolls Sept-Oct and Nov-Dec 1862:
enlisted Muster Roll for Jul-Aug 1863: paid to Appears on a Receipt Roll for “Commutation of
Rations” from Oct 26 to Nov 14. Rmks:
paid Appears on Roll of POWs captured by Brig. Gen.
Lucas, Comdg. 3rd Brig. Cav., Military Division West |
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Seale, F. J. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co C & G, Lockhart’s Battalion, Alabama Volunteers: (also as Seals) Muster Roll for May-June 1864. Enlisted 12 Jan 1864 at Muster Roll July-Aug 1864 says he enlisted 25 Dec 1862?
Private, Co C, 1st Roll of POWs of Nurses and Patients of Moore Hospital of the CSA,
commanded by Surg. W. C. Cavanaugh, surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama…. to
Maj. Gen. ERS Canby, USA, 4 May 1865 and paroled at Meridian, MS 16 May
1865. Residence:
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Seale, George H. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co H, 33rd Al Inf: age
18, muster-in roll Apr 16- Enlisted 22 Mar 1862, Muster Rolls for Jan-Feb through Nov-Dec 1863. Paid by Maj.
Walt to On Sep-Oct muster roll, rmks: E. D. Provost
Guard. On Nov-Dec muster roll, rmks:
E.D. Provost Guard, Order of Gen’l Wood. |
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Seale, Henry O. submitted by Wilda Murphy 1st Cpl , Co C, 17th Present on Muster Rolls July-Aug, Sept-Oct,
Nov-Dec 1862: enlisted 14 Sep 1861 at Montgomery, Al by Capt Copeland; paid to 31 Aug 1862 by Capt Alex McVoy. Present on Muster Roll July-Aug 1863; paid to 30 June
1863 by Capt Reid. Rmks: on detached
duty sentry guard by order Lt Col Holcomb. Pay Receipt (as Pvt) Jan
(or Jun? very blurred) 1864 Sgt. Henry O Seal on Roll of POWs at On Roll of POWs at Military Prison, Louisville, Ky, received 28 Jul 1864; discharged 30 July to
Camp Douglas. On Roll of POWs forwarded from Military Prison, On Roll of POWs at Signature to Oath of Allegiance (no date).
Residence: Butler Co., Al; fair complexion, light hair, blue
eyes, 5’ 9”; Rmks: |
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Seale, H. T. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co C (& G?), 62nd Muster Roll 7 Dec 1863, Private in Capt. Pitt’s Company, Alabama
Volunteers. Age 17. Residence: Muster Roll May-June 1864: Pvt, Co C,
Lockhart’s Battalion, Alabama Volunteers. Says enlisted Muster Roll July-Aug 1864, Pvt, Co C, 1st
Reg’t Al. Reserves. Says “never paid”.
Age 17. Register of Register of Roll of POWs received at |
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Seale, James K. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co K, 17th
Al, Musician Muster Roll, Muster Rolls for July-Aug, Sept-Oct, Nov-Dec 1862
and July-Aug 1863: enlisted by Capt Wagner (same date as above). Detailed
as musician in Regimental Band |
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Seales, Allen B. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co C, 44th Al
Inf Muster Roll 29 Mar-30 June 1862: enlisted 26
Apr 1862 at Muster Roll 30 June- 31 Oct 1862: absent, sick
in hospital at Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1862: present. Admitted to |
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Seales, Francis M. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co C, 44th Al Inf (almost illegible documents) Muster
Roll 29 Mar - 30 June 1862: enlisted 28 Apr 1862 at
Muster
Roll 30 June - 31 Oct and Nov-Dec 1862: absent, sick in hospital at
Pay
receipt: for
On Report of Sick and Wounded in Receiving and Wayside Hospital of General Hospital No. 9, Richmond, Va for Nov 1862: died Nov -, 1862 of consumption.
Register
of Receiving and Wayside Hospital of General Hospital No. 9,
Register
of Claims of Deceased Soldiers… presented by Mary Seals, widow,
On Register containing a Record of the Property of Deceased Confederate Soldiers: Date of Death 8 Nov 1862 Rmks: paid Col W H Fowler, agent, Mch 15/65.
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Seales, H. T. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co C (& G?), 62nd Muster Roll 7 Dec 1863, Private in Capt. Pitt’s Company, Alabama
Volunteers. Age 17. Residence: Muster Roll May-June 1864: Pvt, Co C,
Lockhart’s Battalion, Alabama Volunteers. Says enlisted Muster Roll July-Aug 1864, Pvt, Co C, 1st
Reg’t Al. Reserves. Says “never paid”.
Age 17. Register of Register of Roll of POWs received at |
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Seales, John W. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt, Co C, 44th Al Inf Muster Roll 29 Mar - 30 June 1862: enlisted 26 Apr 1862 at Present on Muster Roll Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1862: absent, sent to hospital in Regimental Return for July 1862: Absent Enlisted Men Accounted
for: on sick furlough 6? June Wilcox Regimental Return for Dec? 1862: sent to hospital <
illegible > Dec ? Appears on Register of |
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Smyth/Smith,
John P. E.
Private, 33rd Alabama Inf. |
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Smyth,
Robert b. 26 May 1792, Virginia Robert Smyth served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He and three of his four sons were killed or died as a result of battle injuries during the war. |
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Smyth/Smith,
Robert M. Private, 33rd Alabama Inf. |
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Smith,
William Jason
At the age of 20, Willie Jason enlisted at Greenville as a private in Pou's Company, Alabama Volunteers on March 16, 1862 to fight in the Civil War. In April 1862, Smith was listed as a 4th Sergeant with Company A, 33rd Alabama Volunteers. From July through December 1862, he was listed as a sergeant. For most of 1862, he was shown as a 4th SGT. Records indicate that he recieved $102 for six months pay from July 1 through December 1, 1862, a rate of $19 per month. After being injured in the train wreck near Cleveland, TN on Nov. 4, 1862, he was hospitalized at General Hospital, Cleveland, Tennessee. Records indicate that he was hospitalized during the month of December 1862. Willie Jason was discharged from military duty on March 31, 1864 as a private. On the day of discharge, he was issued one pair of pants valued at $12. This document was issued from the Quartermaster Department of the Confederate States of America to PVT. W. J. Smith of Company C, 33rd Alabama Regiment. It indicates his name as William J. Smith in one place; however, his signature is just W. J. Smith. Quartermaster at the time of discharge was Capt. E. C. Milner, also of Butler County. |
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Smyth,
William M.
Private, Co. H, 33rd Ala. Inf. William M. served in Co. H, 33rd Ala. Inf. as a private, enlisting on May 11, 1862 in Greenville AL. Military records state that he was "killed in railroad accident near Cleveland TN 11/4/1862. Decease claim filed Butler CO AL by Julia A. Smyth, widow. Witnesses to claim: Samuel Adams and Alexander McKellar." His burial site was discovered in 1999 when information was located on the Cleveland, TN train accident. Smyth was among 17 soldiers who were killed in the accident. They were buried in a mass grave at the scene. In November, 1989, a monument was erected in the Ft. Hill Cemetery, Bradley County, Tn. in memory of Smyth and his fellow soldiers. |
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Stinson,
John Andrew Cooper
Private, Co. A, 1st Battalion, Alabama Inf. Cooper is listed as a private in Company A, 1st Battalion, Alabama Infantry, CSA. Enlistment records indicate that he joined the war in the fall of 1863 at Fort Morgan, AL. He was captured there, along with his father, Leander, by the Union Army. Transferred to Elmira, N.Y., he was released from military service on June 11, 1865. On May 28, 1894, Cooper filed for a pension based on his military service to the Confederacy. The application states that he was 48 years old, farming land valued at less than $400 with less than $400 annual income, this being that he had contracted a disease during the war. It doesn?t indicate the name of the disease. Another application was filed on March 17, 1896, showed he was farming 85 acres of land with one mule. A third application was filed on May 7, 1897 showing 80 acres of poor land which was mortagaged. A fourth attempt to receive a pension was filed April 13, 1898, stating that he had no assets. |
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Stinson,
Leander Private, Co. A, 1st Alabama Artillery Leander served the Confederacy in Company A, 1st Alabama Artillery. He was captured by Union troops at Fort Morgan, AL. His CSA records data card indicates that he was on the roll of prisoners of war at Fort Columbus, N.Y.H. (New York Harbor) before being transferred to the Union prison camp at Elmira, N. Y. He was received at Elmira on December 4, 1864. He died at the camp on February 11, 1865, suffering from chronic diarrhea. Leander's body was never returned to Alabama. He is buried in Elmira's Woodlawn Cemetery beneath a simple white cross inscribed, "2058 Stinson, L.-Private-"A"-1st Infantry-AL." |
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Stuart,
James H Private, Co. E, 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers James H. Stuart enlisted as a private in Co. E, 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers in May 1862. He was wounded in the battle of Decatur, Georgia. He was honorably discharged from service in May 1865. He filed for a Confederate pension in 1903. He stated that he owned 80 acres of land in Butler County. |
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Stuart,
Lewis Carnes
Private, Co. B, 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment Lewis Carnes Stuart enlisted as a private in Company B, 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment, on 14 September 1861 in Montgomery, Alabama. He enlisted with his brother, William David Stuart, on the same day and they served together for the duration of the war. He was mustered in by Major Calhoun. Private Stuart's service cards show that he was absent on sick furlough in September, 1862, at home in Butler County. Records show private Stuart being paroled from detention in Montgomery as a Prisoner of war on 30 May 1865. It lists him as being 5' 2", dark hair, blue eyes, and a dark complexion. |
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Stuart, Wayman Ader Co. E, 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers Wayman Ader Stuart enlisted with the 56th Alabama Partisan Rangers in April 1862. He was wounded during the battle of Salsbery, Georgia. He filed for a Confederate pension on 10 July 1901 and it was granted on 14 August 1901. It stated that he lived near Pine Flat, Alabama in the Forest Home-Butler Springs area of Butler County. |
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Stuart,
William David
Private, Co. B, 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment William David Stuart enlisted as a private in Company B, 17th Alabama Infantry Regiment, on 14 September 1861 in Montgomery, Alabama. He enlisted with his brother, Lewis Carnes Stuart, on the same day and they served together for the duration of the war. He was mustered in by Major Calhoun. Private Stuart's service cards shows he was present for service in July through December 1862. It later shows private Stuart being paroled from detention in Montgomery as a prisoner of war on 30 May 1865. It shows him as being 5' 6", sandy hair, blue eyes, and a fair complexion. In his Confederate pension file dated 23 July 1898, William D. Stuart was a resident of Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. He states that in the battle of Peachtree Creek, near Atlanta, he was wounded in his foot, leg, and arms. Private William David Stuart was awarded the Southern Cross of Honor by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in June 1903 by the New Orleans Chapter. This is documented in the Southern Cross of Honor Recipient Ledger Book number 3, page 289. |
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Watts, William J. submitted by Wilda Murphy Pvt Co F, 18th Al, of His age was 71 on 10 June 1899, but on 10
June 1880 census, he was 51. His widow Sallie filed application 20 Apr 1903;
he died 24 Oct 1899. J G Booker and W E Coleman attested to her
state as widow. She owned no property real or personal.
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Wilson,
David Russell
Private, Co. A, Alabama Regiment Wilson enlisted with the C.S.A. in January 17, 1862 in Mobile. He is listed as having been a private in Company A, Alabama Regiment. As a result of injuries, he was held at Ross Hospital in Mobile. Records list him as Pvt. D. R. Wilson with Company G, 9th Alabama Regiment. He was dicharged on June 6, 1865 after swearing allegiance to the United States at the 16th Army Headquarters in Montgomery, Alabama. In 1901, David Russell Wilson applied for a pension based on his service with the C.S.A. His address at that time was Redoc (Reddoch) Springs. |
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