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Outstanding resource because it lists all the members of the regiment during the civil war. This helped me find my Great Uncle's name in the lists.
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Back in War Times. History of the 144th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry James Harvey McKee No preview available - 2018 |
Back in War Times. History of the 144th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry James Harvey McKee No preview available - 2017 |
Back in War Times. History of the 144th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry James Harvey McKee No preview available - 2018 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Back "in War Times.": History of the 144th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry |
| Author | James Harvey McKee |
| Publisher | H.E. Bailey, 1903 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Nov 5, 2007 |
| Length | 378 pages |
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