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This is an actual bill the state of Florida passed so my Great Grandaddy could get his Civil War pension, it includes actual rough draft of bill, character statements, and communication letters between House of Representatives. He served in Co.H.42.N.C.I Does any one recognize this company from any family records or any North Carolina history.
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