Capt Jacob Swank.

Capt Jacob Swank.

Birth: May 16, 1824
Death: Aug. 6, 1875

Captain Swank was in the Civil War and served in Company F 3rd Iowa.

Wife; Nancy H Cowle Niles (1836 - 1920).

Children: Lou Lou Swank McMasters (1868 - 1913), Eddie Swank (1872 - 1876).

Inscription: Father of Mrs. Gus McMasters.

Burial: West Union Cemetery, West Union, Fayette County, Iowa,

Third Iowa Infantry Co. F. Swank, Jacob. Age 37. Residence Westfleld, nativity Ohio. Enlisted May 20, 1861. Mustered June 8, 1861. Wounded severely Sept. 17, 1861. Blue Mills, Mo. Promoted Second Sergeant Dec. 25, 1861. Wounded slightly April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Promoted First Lieutenant April 9, 1862; Captain Sept. 1, 1862. Wounded July 12, 1863, Jackson, Mise. Mustered out June 18, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service.

Otto Groth

Otto Groth.

Birth: Jun. 3, 1836, Hamburg, Germany.
Death: Mar. 25, 1891, La Porte County, Indiana.

Residence was not listed; 26 years old. Enlisted on 8/18/1862 as a Private. On 8/18/1862 he mustered into "C" Co. IN 99th Infantry He was Mustered Out on 6/5/1865 at Washington, DC Promotions: Corpl

Wife: Isabella Mary Harris Groth (1849 - 1919).

Children: Otto G Groth (1874 - 1902), John Earl Groth (1878 - 1947), Lulu Belle Groth Fisher (1880 - 1953), Loman M Groth (1888 - 1905).

Burial: Westville Cemetery, Westville, La Porte County, Indiana

OTTO GROTH, COMPANY C. 1890.

Born June 3, 1835, in Hamburg, Germany. Came to this country in 1851, and worked on a farm. When the' war broke out he enlisted in the 99th, where he served faithfully for three years. He returned home and clerked in a store for three years. October 29, 1868, he was united with Miss Belle Harris in marriage; to them were born six children, three girls and three boys. After marriage he entered into the mercantile business for himself and continued until his death which occurred at Wanatah, LaPorte county, Indi- ana, March 25, 1891. He was baptized and united with the Christian church in December, 1886; was faithful and a good christian man while he lived. His wife and family still reside at Wanatah, Indiana, and sent the picture which appears in this volume as a token of the respect and honor with which they cherish his memory.

Allen Gentry

Allen Gentry.

Birth: Mar. 3, 1842.
Death: Jul. 4, 1926.

Civil War Veteran-2nd.Lt.,Co."H",42nd Indiana Infantry.

Wife: Cordelia Gentry (1849 - 1889).

Cordelia Wilkinson Gentry. Married May 20, 1880.

Burial: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana.

ALLEN GENTRY Was born in Spencer county, Ind., March 3, 1842, and entered the United States service with the organization of the 42d Regt. Indiana Vol. Iufty. at the age of nineteen years as corporal of Company H of the regiment, and color bearer for the regiment. Prom corporal he was promoted in the regular line till he reached the rank of lieutenant, in which he was mustered out with the regiment. He held a commission as an officer before he was twenty years old, being the youngest officer in the regime . He is a prosperous farmer now, with a residence near Bockport, Ind., enjoying the confidence and respect of all.

Army & Civilian Appointments in the U. S. Army.

Some times its hard to find a serviceman in the volunteer army let alone one in the regular army.
So I made this list of men who took appointments in the U. S. Army.  The years cover are the Rebellion years.  The names here have no information, but I do have all their military records.

If you  see or don't see a name on the list and you would like their record you can write me.
My address can be found in my profile.
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1. Lemuel A. Abbott.
2. Frank T. Adams.
3. Gerritt V. S. Aikin.
4. Bishop Aldrich.
5. Andrew J. Alexander.
6. Albert V. Amet.
7. Thomas M. Anderson.
8. William H. Andrew.
9. Wilbur F. Arnold.
10. Edwin B. Atwood.
11. John B. Babcock.
12. Francis M. Bache.
13. Thomas C. J. Bailey.
14. William P.  Bainbridge.
15. Edward B. Baker.
16. Thomas F. Quinn
17. Zacharian Ragan.
18. Frank R. Rice.
19. Richard K. Pond.
20. George S. Pierce.
21. Samuel Peeples.
22. Augustus C. Paul.
23. Ely S. Parker.
24. Philip A. Owen.

Benjamin Henry Grierson.

Benjamin Henry Grierson.

Birth: Jul. 8, 1826, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Aug. 31, 1911, Omena, Leelanau County, Michigan.

Parents: Robert Crittenden Grierson (1789 - 1867), Mary Sheppard Grierson (1788 - 1862).

Wife: Alice Kirk Grierson (1828 - 1888).

Children: Edith Clare Grierson (1865 - 1878), Benjamin Henry Grierson (1867 - 1934), Theodore MacGregor Grierson (1869 - 1950).

Sibling: Mary Grierson (1824 - 1860), Benjamin Henry Grierson (1826 - 1911).

Burial: Jacksonville East Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois.

BENJAMIN H. GRIERSON.

 [Born in Pennsylvania.-Appointed from Illinois.]

 MILITARY HISTORY.-Aide-de-Camp to General Prentiss, May to November, 1861. Engaged in an expedition in South-East Missouri, from Irontqn to Cape Girardeau. Major 6th Illinois Cavalry, August, 1861.  Commanding battalion, December, 1861, to March, 1862. Colonel 6th  Illinois Cavalry, March, 1862. Commanding regiment to December,  1862. Engaged at actions of Hernando, Cold Water Station, Olive  B3ranch. Cockram's Cross Roads, Germantown, Collierville, Covington,Wolf River, and Loosahatchie. Engaged in General Grant's Mississippi  campaign. Commanded expeditions from Oxford, Mississippi, to Helena,  Arkansas, and in pursuit of the rebel General Dorn. Commanding Cavalry Brigade, December, 1862, to June, 1863. Brigadier-General U. S. Volunteers, June, 1863, for gallant and distinguished services in raid from  La Grange, Tennessee, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Commanding Cavalry Forces, Department of the Gulf, May to July, 1863. Engaged at action of  Clinton and siege and investment of Port Hudson. Commanding Cavalry  Division, 16th Army Corps, to July, 1864. Engaged in expeditions into  Northern Mississippi, actions of West Point, Okolona, Ivy Farm, Pontotoc, Old Town Creek, Tupelo, and Guntown. Commanding Cavalry Corps,  District of West Tennessee, to January, 1865. Brevet Major-General  U. S. Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious services in raid through  Mississippi, from Memphis, Tennessee, against the Mobile, and Ohio, and Mississippi Central Railroads, and capture of Verona and Egypt Stations,  Mississippi.

Assigned to duty according to Brevet rank of Major-General U. S. Volunteers. Commanding Cavalry Corps, Military Division of West Mississippi, March to August, 1865, and during General Canby's campaign against Mobile, Alabama. Major-General U. S. Volunteers, May, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services during the war, and raid from Mobile Bay to Eufala, Alabama; Georgetown, Georgia; Montgomery, Alabama, and Columbus, Mississippi. Commanding District of Huntsville, Alabama, September, 1865, to January, 1866. Mustered out of the Volunteer service, April, 1866.

Colonel 10th U. S. Cavalry, July, 1866. Organizing regiment at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, September, 1866, to  August, 1867. Commanding regiment and Post of Fort Riley, Kansas,  September, 1867, to April, 1868. District of the Indian Territory, May, 1868, to May, 1869. Brevet Brigadier-General U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services in raid through Mississippi and Louisiana, 1863. Brevet Major-General U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services in raid through Mississippi in 1864. Commanding Camp Wichita and Fort Sill, Indian Territory, from March, 1869, to -.
 

William Cameron Green.

William Cameron Green.

Birth: 1845, Union County, Pennsylvania.
Death: Sep. 18, 1867, Union County, Pennsylvania,

aged 22y; Capt. 1st Inf. US Army; buried at Cape San Lucas.

Burial: Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania.

WILLIAM C. GREEN.
[Born in Penn. Sylvania.Appointed from Pennsylvania.] MILITARY History.

Second Lieutenant 1st U. S. Infantry, September, 1861. First Lieutenant 1st U. S. Infantry. Captain 1st U. S. Infantry, January, 1867. Brevet Captain U. S. Army, for gallant and meritorious services' during the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Died on board steamship "Moses Taylor," en route from San Francisco, Cal., to New York City, September 18, 1867.

John Jennings Dunlap.

John Jennings Dunlap.

Birth: Nov. 26, 1839.
Death: Jan. 31, 1902,

Parents: Benjamin I. Dunlap (1810 - 1880), Elizabeth A. Crump Dunlap (1814 - 1912).

Wife; Charlotte Virginia Little Dunlap (1850 - 1909).,

Children: Louise Dunlap (1885 - 1895).

Siblings: Hannah P. Dunlap (____ - 1854), John Jennings Dunlap (1839 - 1902), George Thomas Dunlap (1841 - 1920), Agnes Craighead Dunlap Bennett (1844 - 1903), David Richard Dunlap (1847 - 1917), James Alexander Dunlap (1849 - 1909).

Burial: Eastview Cemetery, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina..

North Carolina Fourteenth, Infantry, Co C., C. S. A., (Anson Guards ).

JOHN J. DUNLAP

came a teamster, driving a wagon. Has no war record as he was not with the bullet department on the firing line. Was faithful to his job to the last and numbered wlth those who surrendered at Appomattox. He married Mlss Virginia Little, daughter of Geo. W Little, Esq.

Capt. Charles Robert Skinker.

Capt. Charles Robert Skinker.

Birth: Jul. 11, 1838.
Death: Dec. 17, 1903.

Wife: Rose Lesslie Allen Skinker (1845 - 1924).

Children: Mary Lyle Skinker Valentine (1868 - 1940), Charles Robert Skinker (1871 - 1920).

Burial: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia.

Roster of 21st., Virginia Co. F.

Skinker, Charles R., enlisted April 21, 1861 ; wounded at Kernstown March 23, 1862; transferred to second company of Howitzers in 1862; wounded at Fredericksburg, 1862; promoted first lieutenant
Company K, 48th Va. Regt. of infantry 1863; captain 1863; wounded at Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863; captured at Spottsylvania C. H. May 12, 1864; sent to Fort Delaware and rejoined his command in about seven months ; wounded at Hatcher's Run Feb. 12, 1865 and permanently disabled.

Joseph N Dunton.

Joseph N Dunton.

Birth: Dec. 28, 1837, Vermont.
Death: Oct. 27, 1915.

Wife: Ann M. Fisher Dunton (1837 - 1920 or 1924.

Burial: Oakside Cemetery, Zephyrhills, Pasco County, Florida.

Vermont Eighth Infantry, Regimental History .

Joseph N. Dunton. Private Company H, Nov. 23, 1861 ; corporal, Feb. 18, 1862 ; sergeant ; 1st sergeant, Nov. 26, 1863 ; re-enlisted Jan. 5, 1864; 2d lieutenant Company H, Feb. 20, 1864; 1st lieutenant Company H, Nov. 24, 1864 ; captain Company C, March 3, 1865 ; mustered out June 28, 1865.

Winfield Scott Leach..

Winfield Scott Leach.

Birth: unknown, New York.
Death: Sep. 8, 1898, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Winfield Scott Leach was the son of James & Minerva (Benton) Leach. He was born abt 1816 & died 8 Sep 1898. He married to a woman I have seen in family trees as Mathilda Merchant b. abt 1821 CT but shows up on the 1850, 1860 & 1870 censuses as Marietta b. abt 1821 NY. They had (at least) two children, Martin b. 1835 & Ann Augusta b. abt 1847. They moved from PA to NY to IA to WI to MN back to PA.

Parents: James Leach (1795 - 1877).

Wife: Nancy Herrick Leach (1828 - 1912).

Children: Martin Leach (1835 - 1923).

Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Spartansburg, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Wisconsin Thirty - Sixth Infantry Co. G. Regimental History.

 

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Isaac Higgins.

Isaac Higgins.

Birth: Feb. 10, 1846, Switzerland County, Indiana.
Death: Apr. 24, 1918.

Parents:Elijah Higgins (1813 - 1880),

Wife: Susan Brindley Park (1856 - 1934).

Children: James Higgins (1883 - 1950).

Burial: Ebenezer Cemetery, Moorefield, Switzerland County. Indiana.

Indiana Third Cavalry ( Forty-Fifth ) Regiment, Co, F & B., Reorganized, Regimental History.

Page 69,  Isaac Higgins, of Company F, was captured by having his bridle rein seized by a rebel cavalryman near the river bank some distance below the ford. While being led away captive, his pistol, cocked, was held by him under his coat cape, and in an unguarded moment he shot his captor, whirled his horse  and leaped into the river and escaped.  

William P Hiserodt

William P Hiserodt.

Birth: Mar. 20, 1840.
Death: Sep. 25, 1894.

Wife: Charity Smith Hiserodt (1841 - 1903).

Children: Samuel Smith Hiserodt (1867 - 1938), William Albert Hiserodt (1869 - 1958).

Burial: Jackson Township Cemetery, Owasa, Hardin County, Iowa.

Iowa Thirty-Second Infantry, Co. A., Regimental History.

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William. P. Hiserodt, promoted Sergeant, thrice wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, escaped and ached our army at Vicksburg; furloughed himself, and came to Iowa with Captain Ackerman; returned and served through the entire Missouri. Nashville and Gulf campaigns; was discharged for disability at Montgomery. July 17. 1865.


Comrade Hiserodt was a man of rare bravery and resources; of great endurance; and would put down the rebellion if it took the last ham. chicken, or horse in the Confederacy. Illustrative of this it is told of him that in Montgomery after Bragg's force was disbanded there, "Bill" was in a saloon, and heard a rebel Major raving about the results of the surrender and his embarrassment at being compelled to go home without ever being whipped, etc., etc.

"Bill" finally told him to square himself and he should have something that he could talk about to his folks at home; and proceeded at once to administer to the boastful and hitherto unwhipped rebel a most thorough and severe beating in the most approved knock down style. After he returned to his home near Robertson he engaged in farming and raising live stock; was elected Justice of the Peace; was a member of the Board of Supervisors; took an active part in the prosecution of outlaws in chat region: and died there in 1894.

David H. Lee

David H. Lee

David H. Lee. Enrolled June 12, 1861. Transferred from Co. A June 10, 1864 ; detailed August 8, 1864, as Aid-de-camp on General Gill's staff ; killed Oct. 27, 1864, by guerrillas on the Coosa river.
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Ohio Thirty-Second Infantry, New Co. F., Regimental History.

On the 27th day of October, Lieut. D. H. Lee, of F. Company, then on staff duty, went in command of a detail, among which was two or more of our regiment. He had with him probably a dozen men. His duty was to find and bring into camp some citizens whose testimony was wanted by a Confederate who was being held as a spy.

When Lee, with his command, had gone some miles outside our lines, and while bearing a flag of truce, was surrounded by a band of guerillas, under command of one Jenkins, and although they displayed the white flag, they were denied its protection and a fight began, in which every man but Lee and one private, a Thirty-second Ohio man, was killed.

Lee was yet unhurt when the guerilla captain called to him to surrender and his life would be spared. On this Lee threw down his arms and the guerilla force gathered around him, and while the captain was talking with him, one of his men came up and shot Lee with a revolver through the back of the head. They took from his finger a diamond ring that had been given Lieut. Lee by his young wife, whom he had married when home on veteran furlough.

His body, with that of others, was thrown into a ravine and covered with brush, where it lay until the summer of 1865 after the surrender when the father of the young lieutenant went south, and with the aid of some of the citizens of a hamlet near by, recovered the remains of his son, which he was able to identify by the clothing. He was also fortunate enough to recover the diamond ring, which was in possession of an old citizen who claimed to have bought it from one of the guerillas.

Note His Burial is unknown.

James T Guppy.

James T. Guppy.

Birth: Mar. 8, 1841, England.
Death: Feb. 18, 1917, Mankato, Jewell County, Kansas.

Wife: Mary U Brinkworth Guppy (1844 - 1898).

Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Mankato, Jewell County, Kansas.

Illinois Ninety-Sixth Infantry, Co. D., Regimental History

James T. Guppy. Age 21 ; born in England ; farmer ; enlisted from Atioch ; at the battle of Chickamauga two bullets passed through his hat, one giving him a scalp wound ; remained on the battle-field that night, and next morning was aroused by a Rebel surgeon, who gave him the first definite knowledge that the Federal forces had retreated ; he then made his way back to Rossville ; was with the Regiment until near the close of May, 1864, when he was sent to Jeffersonville hospital, sick, re mining about a year ; is charged at Louisville, Ky., May 29, 1865; is farming at Mankato, Jewell County, Kansas.

William H, Darrow.

William H. Darrow.

Birth: 1838.
Death: Jul.15, 1894.

Wife: Emily F. Darrow.

Children: John D. Darrow.

Burial: Indian Creek Cemetery, Columbus Junction, Louisa County. Iowa.

Iowa State Records.

William Darrow. Age 25. Residence Columbus City, nativity Ohio. Appointed Additional Assistant Surgeon April 30, 1862, from Hospital  Steward. Promoted Assitant Surgeon Sept. 16, 1862.

Iowa Fifth Regimental History.

 

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Benjamin F Skinner.

Benjamin F Skinner.

Birth: Dec. 3, 1842.
Death: 1895.

Wife: Luella Skinner.

Children: Joseph D. Skinner, Mary C. Skinner.

Burial: Oakland Cemetery, Manchester, Delaware County, Iowa.

Iowa First Cavalry, Co. G, Regimental History.

 BENJAMIN F. SKINNER Company G.

Ben. F. Skinner was born in Middleburg, Indiana, December 3d. 1842. and lived there until he was eleven years old. The family then removed to Delaware county. Iowa. His father was a shoemaker by
trade. After arriving in Iowa his father entered a large tract of land and went to farming. This did not suit the taste of the boy Ben. so he was apprenticed to the tinner's trade, at which he was at work when he enlisted as a private in Company G, First Iowa Cavalry, at Burlington, Iowa, August 15th, 1861.

During his term of service was on duty at General Herron's headquarters for nine months Returned to his company when the expedition to capture Little Rock was organized. Was sunstruck at Clarendon, Arkansas, and nearly lost his life. The Camden expedition nearly used him up, as he was sick nigh unto death until discharged at Davenport, Iowa, September 9th. 1864, as high private, and then he thanked God his soldier days were over. He is now a robust G. A. R. man. a tinner by trade, and lives at Manchester. Iowa ; and if any of old Company G pass his way, he invites them to be sure and call.

Robert William Mays.

Robert William Mays.

Birth: Sep. 30, 1842.
Death: Dec. 7, 1918.

Parents: Henry S. Mays (1815 - 1864), Matilda Rosannah Stroud Mays (1821 - 1905).

Wife: Laura Jane Gray Mays (1856 - 1905).

Children: Emma Sam Mays (1889 - 1889), William Addison Mays (1891 - 1891).

Siblings: Robert William Mays (1842 - 1918), Samuel Hardy Mays (1847 - 1923), John M. Mays (1850 - 1871).

Burial: Jackson City Cemetery, Jackson, Butts County, Georgia.

Georgia Thirtieth Infantry Co. F, Regimental History.

Robert W. Mays

Robert W Mays was a private who enlisted when quite a boy. He was born and raised in Butts County, where he has always lived. At the battle of Chickamauga he was se- verely wounded, the ball entering the lower part of the chest and passing out near the spine, which so disabled him a board of physicians retired him from the service. After regaining his strength he reentered the service, notwith standing his exemption, and was surrendered with Johnston's army in North Carolina in 1865.

He returned home after the war to his widowed mother, his father, Henry S. Mays, having been killed in service. His home being in the path of Sherman's army, he found nothing hut debt and poverty With but a limited education, he commenced the battle of life with a spirit of pride, endurance and ambition and has accumulated property which makes him one of the wealthiest men of his county. While he has a diploma of both law and medicine, he does not practice either, farming being his favorite occupation.

He is kind and sympathetic to the weak and oppressed. He was married after the war to Miss Laura Gray, who has since died, leaving him two children, Robert Lee and John Billy. In 1880- 1881, rerepresented Butts County in the Legislature. He now lives at Jackson, Ga., where he has a host of warm friends.

Benjamin Franklin Ward.

Benjamin Franklin Ward.

Birth: Apr. 1, 1845.
Death: May 18, 1873.

Burial: Smith Cemetery #2, Calloway County, Kentucky.

Kentucky Eighth Infantry, Co. F., Regimental History.

Benjamin F. Ward, Private, Enlisted October 24,, 1861, Mustered January  15, 1862, a t Lebanon, for 3 years.

Page 212,  As usual, every man in the regiment and brigade did his whole duty. B. F. Ward, Company F, an excellent shot, succeeded in silencing a  particularly annoying rebel sharpshooter, who had secreted himself in a niche of the irregular crown of the precipice. The rapidity of his shots were only accounted for by his comrades behind loading for him. Ben maneuvered until he obtained a position commanding a view of the annoying rebel's head. As the fog lifted above the mountain, Ben's unerring rifle cracked. The rapid shooter sprang forward, and fell on a ledge of rock twenty feet below. His hat, with a bullet hole in it, came to the base of the cliff. Ben lay there a long while, but no other daring rebel showed his head*at'that point.

Pvt Benjamin W Petway.

Pvt Benjamin W Petway

Birth: 1839.
Death: 1904.

Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.

Tennessee Twentieth Infantry Co. K. Regimental History.

B. W. Petway was the only survivor of this Company present at the re-union in 1903. He was severely wounded in the knee in front of Atlanta, July 22, 1864; was left on the field and taken to the Federal Hospital. Three months later, and after recovering from his wound, he was brought to Nashville, and confined in the penitentiary ; in November, 1864, he was taken to Camp Douglas, and in March, 1865, he was sent to Point Lookout, Md., to be exchanged, reaching there April 1, 1865, where he was held until he was paroled, June 20, 1865.

Seth C Hill.

Seth C Hill.

Birth: May 1, 1840.
Death: Dec. 1, 1927.

Parents; Warren & Sophia Hulburt Hill.

Wife: Lizzie M. Kendall Hill.

Married 1889.

Children: Bell M., Delmer J. Hill.

Burial: Lamoille View Cemetery, Johnson, Lamoille County, Vermont.

Vermont Eight Infantry Co. A., Regimental History.

Page 216, Hill then turned to assist a wounded companion who had fallen at his side, when an excited enemy made a lunge at him, his bayonet gliding between the body and arm. He sprang quickly away, and by an adroit movement knocked the rebel down with clubbed musket, and continued fighting until surrounded and forced into the enemy's ranks, but refused to surrender, when a side shot tore away his belt, cartridge box, and the flesh to his backbone, which crippled him to the ground ; but when Gordon's divisions swept the spot, some of the rebels wearing blue coats supposed to be taken from Crook's men, Hill rose and joined them in the charge, shouting with the rebels, and actually firing harmless shots at his own regiment. Hill was once challenged by a rebel officer, to whom he answered that he belonged to the Fourth Georgia.

the next stand made by the brigade on the pike, Hill rushed into the Union line, although exposed to the fire of his friends as well as his foes, and continued fighting till he sank to the ground from loss of blood, fell into the enemy's hands, and was again rescued at night.

Seth C. Hill, Private, Promoted Sergeant December 14, 1863:Promoted First Sergeant  February, 25, 1865.

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