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831:October 5,
793:October 2,
776:October 5,
735:October 2,
722:References
682:Smith 2014
445:Hartsville
418:Cincinnati
384:Regiment.
320:Red Rivers
310:Background
257:Perryville
232:Cincinnati
148:negligible
1366:Aftermath
1327:John Bell
1304:Nashville
1268:Nashville
1213:Dandridge
1117:Brentwood
1071:Lexington
976:Campaigns
694:Dyer 1908
572:Citations
552:Footnotes
529:Aftermath
506:Battery C
435:'s Union
378:Nashville
367:Commodore
356:USS Cairo
351:Tennessee
276:Tennessee
1407:Category
1253:Columbia
805:(2011).
747:(1959).
670:Noe 2011
658:Noe 2011
646:Noe 2011
634:Noe 2011
622:Noe 2011
347:Kentucky
330:and one
237:Richmond
130:Strength
60:Location
1418:Commons
1313:Leaders
1076:Jackson
1026:Lebanon
992:Battles
929:Origins
284:Colonel
252:Augusta
212:Lebanon
1021:Shiloh
848:
813:
755:
500:, and
467:Battle
72:Result
1346:Union
1102:Dover
967:Union
547:Notes
391:left
135:1,100
1206:1864
1095:1863
999:1862
846:ISBN
833:2020
811:ISBN
795:2020
778:2020
753:ISBN
737:2020
359:and
270:The
52:Date
151:107
138:700
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701:^
614:^
579:^
334:.
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907:t
900:v
854:.
835:.
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797:.
780:.
761:.
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715:.
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180:e
173:t
166:v
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