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In December, 1863, the regiment was transferred to the "Department of the Cumberland," and shortly afterwards accompanied Gen. Sherman in his grand march through Georgia and the Carolinas.
May 15th, 1864, it participated in the battle of Resaca, Ga., losing in killed and wounded 51 officers and men. Again on the 25th of the same month it was in the battle of Dallas, Ga. It also took part in the battles of Marietta, Peach Tree Creek, and Atlanta, Ga., Chesterfield C. H., S. C., and Silver Run, N. C., which was its last engagement with the enemy.
Company F of this Regiment had a somewhat remarkable recruit in the form of a dog, who was enrolled at Manchester, March 19, 1862, under the cognomen of "Black Dog Jack." "Jack" followed the fortunes of the Company through all its battles, marches, etc., a faithful companion at all times, and showed a decided antipathy to the boys in grey on many occasions. "Jack" was sent home in care of Sergeant Simonds, and for aught we know is living to-day, enjoying his many "trials and triumphs."
July 19th, 1865, the regiment was mustered out of service, leaving behind them a record of valor that Connecticut may well be proud of. ALL HONOR TO THE PLUCKY FIFTH !
ITS TWENTY ENGAGEMENTS :
Winchester, Va., May 25, 1862; Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9, 1862; Chan- tilly, Va., Sept. 1, 1862; Chancellorstille, Va., May 1, 2, and 3, 1863 ; Gettys- burg, Pa., July 1, 2. and 3, 1863; Resaca, Ga., May 15, 1864 ; Cassville, Ga., May 19, 1864; Dallas, Ga., May 25, 1864; Lost Mountain, Gu., June 15, 1864; Keneste Mountain, Ga., June 22, 1864; Culp's Farms, Ga., June 22, 1864; Marietta, Ga., June 22, 1864 ; Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864 ; Siege of Atlanta, Ga., August to September, 1864 ; Monteith Station, Ga., Dec. 15, 1864; Siege of Savannah, Ga., December, 1864: Chesterfield Court House, S. C., Feb. 4, 1865; Silver Run, V. C., March 2, 1865; Arerysboro, N. C., March 16, 1865; Bentonville, V. C., March 19, 1865.
The wounds of this Regiment were invariably in the body front.
ITS AGGREGATE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES.
KILLED IN ACTION, - DIED OF DISEASE, 81 DIED OF WOUNDS, 20 DISCHARGED (before muster-out), 600 - 783
Total, -
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MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA.
UNUM
E PLURIBUS
Bring the good old bugle, boys, we'll sing another song, it fifty thousand strong, While we were marchin' through Georgia.
Sing it with a spirit that will start the world along,
Sing it as we used to sing
CHORT'S .-- Hurrah ! Hurrah ! we bring the jubilee ! Hurrah ! Hurrab ! the flag that makes you free ! So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea, While we were marching through Georgia.
How the darkies shouted when they heard the joyful sound ! How the turkeys gobbled which our Commissary found ! How the sweet potatoes even started from the ground ! While we were marching through Georgia.
CHORUS. - Hurrah ! Hurrah ! etc.
Yes, and there were Union men who wept with joyful tears, When they saw the honor'd Flag they had not seen for years ; Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers, While we were marching through Georgia.
CHORUS .- Hurrah ! Hurrah ! etc. 2
Sherman's dashing Yankee boys will never reach the coast ! So the saucy rebels said ; and 'twas a handsome boast- Had they not forgot, alas ! to reckon with the host, While we were marching through Georgia.
CHORUS .- Hurrah ! Hurrah ! etc.
So we made a thoroughfare for Freedom and her train, Sixty miles in latitude -- three hundred to the main; Treason fled before us-for resistance was in vain, While we were marching through Georgia.
CHORUS. -- Hurrah ! Hurrah ! etc.
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SIXTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
The Sixth regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Col. John L. Chatfield, left New Haven Sept. 17, 1861, 1008 men. It was assigned to the Department of the South, and connected with the expedition which resulted in the battle of James Island, June 14, 1862 ; it was in the battle of Pocotaligo, Oct. 22, 1862, in which it lost 33 men, killed and wounded ; Col. Chatfield and Lieut. Col. Speidel were severely wounded ; it also participated in the attack upon the fortifications around Charleston, and the commanding General reports it as having shown great efficiency and bravery in the assault upon the Batteries on Morris Island, July 10th and 18th, 1863.
In the second assault on Fort Wagner, Col. Chatfield, while leading his brave men to the charge, was severely wounded and carried from the field; he re- turned home to Waterbury, and died August 9, 1863. Thus was lost to the service one of the bravest of Connecticut's brave men.
October 27, Col. Duryee assumed command, and on May 29, 1864, resigned on account of ill health, and was succeeded by Col. Rockwell.
April 27, 1864, the regiment left Hilton Head, S. C., for Fortress Monroe, arriving May 1st, and proceeded to Gloucester Point, and was assigned to the 10th Army Corps. It at once advanced to Bermuda Hundred, and moved into the interior, where it was engaged in the destruction of the enemy's railroads, and harrassing their forces.
On the 13th, the regiment was assigned to Col. Alford's Brigade, Gen. Tur- ner's Division, 10th Army Corps, and ordered to the skirmish line, where it remained to the 16th continually under fire from the enemy's pickets; on the 20th it was engaged in the charge upon and capture of the enemy's line of rifle pits. From this time until January, 1865, it continued its operations in southeast Virginia, and took part in several sharp engagements before Peters- burg and Richmond.
In January it was ordered to Wilmington, N. C., and on the 15th was engaged in the battle and capture of Fort Fisher.
In December, 1863, 205 of its original members re-enlisted as veterans.
August 21, 1865, the Sixth was mustered out of service.
The dash, daring, and heroism displayed by the Sixth, under any and all circumstances, makes a record to which they may point with pride, and which will ever redound with honor to every member of that gallant organization.
ITS PRINCIPAL ENGAGEMENTS.
Pocotaligo, S. C., Oct. 22, 1862; Morris Island, S. C., July 10, 1863; Fort Wagner, S. C., July 18, 1863; Chester Station, Va., May 10, 1864; Near Ber- muda Hundred, Va., May 10 to June 18, 1864; Deep Run, Va., Aug. 14 to Aug. 18, 1864 ; Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1865.
ITS CASUALTIES. 43 | DIED OF DISEASE, - 119
KILLED IN ACTION,
DIED OF WOUNDS, 46 | DISCHARGED prior to muster-out, 663 Total, 871.
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SEVENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
This regiment left for Washington, under command of Col. Alfred H. Terry, with Joseph R. Hawley as Lieut .- Col., with 1018 men. It was in the expedition to Port Royal, and was the first to land and plant its colors on the soil of South Carolina. Upon the receipt of the news, the Governor caused congratulatory orders to be issued announcing the fact, and to be read to each Conn. Regiment in the field. The regiment was in the battle of Fort Pulaski, April 10 and 11, 1862. On the 19th of May following, Col. Terry was promoted to be Brigadier-General, and Lieut .- Col. Hawley was promoted to the colonelcy of the regiment.
June 14, 1862, the regiment was engaged in the battle of James Island, and suffered severely, being one of the first to enter the action, and one of the last to leave the field. In an official report dated June 14, 1862, Colonel Hawley spoke in the highest ternis of the gallant and fearless conduct of both officers and men.
October 22d the regiment was again engaged in the battle of Pocotaligo; subsequently the regiment was divided, and on April 1st five companies were at Hilton Head, under Colonel Hawley, the remainder with Lieut .- Col. Gard- iner, at Fernandina, Florida.
July 10 and 11, Companies A, B, I, and K were present and took active part in the battles of Morris Island and Fort Wagner; the loss in the two days' fight was 111 men. Capt. Gray in his official report, dated July 13, 1863, speaks in the highest terms of the bravery of the officers and men of the detachment. The loss of officers was terribly severe. Capt. Gray mentions the fact that of eleven officers in his mess but four were left. The Seventh Connecticut Regiment was declared by Gen. Strong "to have covered itself with glory."
From this time until May 4, 1864, it was engaged in active service, perform- ing the arduous duties attendant upon "life in the field." In May it was transferred to Bermuda Hundred, Va., and on the 10th of that month was in the battle of Chester Station, and from that time until the 17th was engaged with the enemy near Bermuda Hundred (incurring an aggregate loss of 196 officers and inen). On the 2d and 17th of June it was again engaged near Bermuda Hundred (losing 124 men).
Aug. 14th and 15th it bore a prominent part in the battle of Deep Bottom, Va., and on the 1Sth that of Deep Run, Va.
Sept. 17, 1864, Col. Hawley was promoted to be Brig .- General, and the command devolved upon Lieut .- Col. Rodman. Sept. 20th it was engaged in the battle of Chapin's Farm, Va .; on the 1st of October in the battle near Richmond; on the 7th, New Market Roads; on the 13th, Darbytown Road, and on the 27th in the battle of Charles City Road, Va. After this brilliant record of battles in Virginia, the regiment was called upon to do battle in another department, and in January, 1865, it was engaged in the capture of Fort Fisher, N. C.
It was mustered out of service July 20, 1865, having fully sustained its rep- utation as a "figliting regiment," and returned to their homes, receiving the grateful plaudits of their fellow citizens for a soldier's duty nobly done.
ITS NINETEEN PRINCIPAL ENGAGEMENTS.
Fort Pulaski, Ga., April 10 and 11, 1862 ; James. Island. S. C., June 14, 1862 ; Pocotaligo, S. C., Oct. 22, 1862; Morris Island, S. C., July 10, 1863; Fort Wagner, S. C., July 11, 1863; Olista, Fla., Feb. 24, 1864: Chester Sta- tion, Tu., May 10, 1864; Near Bermuda Hundred, Va., May 10 to May 17, 1864; again, June 2, 1864; again, June 17, 1864; Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864; Deep Run, Va., Aug. 18, 1864; Chapin's Farm, Va., Sept. 29, 1864; Near Richmond, Va., Oct. 1, 1864; New Market Road, Va., Oct. 7, 1804; Derbyton Road, Va., Oct. 13, 1864: Charles City Road, Va., Oct. 27, 1801; Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 15, 1:55; Fort Fisher, N. C., Jan. 19, 1805.
ITS CASUALTIES.
Killed in Action, 90; Died of Wounds, 44; Died of Disease, 179; Dis- charged prior to muster-out, 587; Total, 940.
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EIGHTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
This regiment was recruited at Camp Buckingham, Hartford, and left for Annapolis Oct. 17, 1861, Col. Edward Harland commanding.
It was engaged in the battle of Newberne, N. C., March 14, 1862, and again at the seige of Fort Macon, N. C., April, 1862.
September 17, 1862, it was engaged in the sanguinary battle of Antietam, where it suffered severely, losing in killed one commissioned officer (the brave and intrepid Lieut. Marvin Wait), 33 men ; wounded, 10 commissioned officers, 129 enlisted men.
December 11th and 13th the regiment was again engaged at Fredericks- burg, Va., but sustained a small loss. In February, 1863, it was transferred to Southeast Virginia, where it remained until its muster out. Col. Harland having been promoted to be Brig .- General, the command devolved upon Lieut .- Col. Ward, who was promoted to Colonel April 2, 1863.
The regiment participated in the battle of Fort Hugar, Va., April 11 and 19, 1863. On the 11th of January it returned to Connecticut on furlough, 310 of its original members having re-enlisted as veterans. It returned to its old camp near Portsmouth, Va., March 1st, 1864. March 13th it was ordered to Deep Creek, Va. April 13th it shared in the reconnaissance toward Suffolk. May 7th it participated in the battle of Walthall Junction, Va., sustaining another severe loss. It was complimented by its Brigade commander, General Burnham, for heroism that day ; and as it returned from the field was cheered by the whole Brigade. Official reports said "it earned its laurels dearly."
From May 9th to May 12th it was engaged in reconnoisance, and from the 12th to the 16th of May, 1864, it was engaged in battle at Fort Darling, and on the night of the 16th it retired within the fortifications, completely cx- hausted and worn out with its arduous labors. For eight days out of ten it had been in the front, sustaining an aggregate loss of 140, or nearly one- third of its whole fighting strength.
June 1st to June 10th it was engaged with the enemy at Cold Harbor, sus- taining a loss of 40 in killed and wounded. Again, from the 15th to the 17th, it was engaged in battle near Petersburg.
June 21st the regiment marched back in front of Petersburg, entered the trenches, and shared in the monotonous siege work until August 27th.
August 27th to Sept. 28th the regiment encamped on the south side of James river, behind the fortifications. At dawn on the 29th the army ad- vanced toward "Battery Harrison." The Eighth furnished two companies of skirmishers, the balance of the regiment heading the storming column. The regiment sustained a loss of 73. This was the last general engagement of the regiment, which was mustered out on the 12th of December, 1865.
That the Eighth Connecticut fully sustained the reputation of Connecticut soldiers for daring, bravery, and fidelity, will never be questioned.
ITS PRINCIPAL ENGAGEMENTS.
Veweberne, N. C., March 14, 1862; Fort Macon, N. C., April, 1862; Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862; Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 11 and 13, 1S62: Fort Hugar, Va., April 11 and 19, 1864; Walthall Junction, Va., May 7, 1864; Fort Darling, Fa., May 12 to 16 (inclusive), 1864; Cold Harbor, Va., June 1 to 10 (inclusive), 1864; near Petersburg. Va., June 15 to 17 (inclusive), 1864, and June 17 to Sept. 28, 1864; Fort Harrison, Va., Sept. 29 to Oct. 24, 186-4.
ITS CASUALTIES.
Killed in action, -
72 | Died of disease,
Died of wounds,
- Total, 85.4 610
40 | Discharged prior to muster out, - 132 .
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NINTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized as an Irish regiment and commanded by Col. Thomas W. Cahill, an able, popular, and efficient officer in the State Volun- teer Militia. It left the State for Lowell, Mass., Nov. 4th, and on the 21st embarked from Boston for Ship Island, numbering 845 men.
During the battle of Baton Rouge, La., Gen. Williams, commanding the forces, was killed, and the command devolved upon Col. Cahill, leaving Lieut. - Col. Fitzgibbons in command of the regiment. In his official report of this battle, the commanding officer speaks of the conduct of the 9th Connecticut as deserving great credit for its coolness and bravery. Owing to the inac- curacy of the enemy's aim and especially their over-shooting, the casualties were much lighter than might have been expected in so severe an engagement. On the 24th of June, 1863, the regiment participated in the battle of Chacka- loo, La., sustaining but small loss.
In April, 1864, the regiment returned to Connecticut on veteran furlough, over 300 of the original men having re-enlisted as veterans. It remained in the State until July 16th, when it proceeded to Berinuda Hundred, Va., where it remained until the 28th of that month. It was then ordered to Deep Bottom, and participated in a demonstration against the enemy.
July 30th it returned to Bermuda Hundred, and embarked for Washington, D. C., arriving there Aug. 1st, and on the following day marched to Tennally- town where it remained until the 14th; on that day it crossed the Potomac and marched cia Leesburg to Berrysville, arriving there on the 17th, and from that time participated with the army under the gallant Sheridan in the cam- paign up the Shenandoah Valley. October 19, 1864, it took an active part in the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., its loss in killed and wounded amounting to 31.
In October the non-veterans of the regiment were mustered out of service, and the remaining veterans were consolidated into a battalion of four com- panies. The battalion remained in Virginia until Jan. 7, 1865, when it was ordered with its division (the 2d) to Baltimore, Md. It then embarked on the transport "Gen. Sedgwick," and proceeded to Savannah, Ga., where it arrived on the 17th of the same month. The battalion was then engaged in provisional guard duty, and continued in the department of the South until Aug. 3, 1865, when they were mustered out of service.
In every action in which it participated the brave old Ninth made a record worthy of the cause in which it was engaged, and stood by the old flag with heroic devotion.
ITS PRINCIPAL ENGAGEMENTS WERE
Baton Rouge, La., August 5, 1862; Chackaloo Station, La., June 24, 1863; Deep Bottom, Va., July 28. 1864; Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864.
ITS CASUALTIES WERE
Killed in Action, - 5
Died of Wounds, 1
Died of Disease, - 240
Discharged prior to muster-out, 376
Total, -
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TENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
This regiment left Hartford for Annapolis, Md., October 31, 1861. It was attached to Gen. Burnside's command, and was engaged in the battle of Roanoke Island, Feb. 8, 1862, where it showed sterling bravery. Col. Russell was killed while leading the regiment to a charge.
Lieut .- Col. Drake succeeded to the command of the regiment; he died of disease, June 5, 1862. Col. Pettibone, who succeeded Col. Drake, resigned, and was in turn succeeded by Major Otis as commander.
March 14, 1862, the regiment was again in battle at Newberne, N. C. Again on the 14th of December in the battle of Kingston, N. C., and met with a loss of 106 officers and men; the regiment captured more than fifty of the enemy. December 16th it was engaged in the battle of Whitehall, N. C.
After the battle of Seabrook Island the regiment remained quiet until the ยท siege of Charleston, S. C., from July 28 to Oct. 25, 1863. In December follow- ing it took an active part in the battle of St. Augustine, Fla., with a loss of 22 men.
April 18, 1864, it went to Hilton Head, thence by transport to Gloucester, Va., where it was joined by the veterans who had returned from furlough. The camp and garrison equipage, together with the records, were lost by the sinking of a transport that had been stored at Norfolk, and was on its way to the regiment.
May 7th the regiment was in action at Walthall Junction, Va., and from the 13th to the 17th, inclusive, participated in the battle of Drury's Bluff.
Col. Plaisted, Brigade Commander, said as follows: "Of the Tenth Con- necticut, I need say no more than that it sustained its splendid reputation. Under a fire in which 18 men fell in as many seconds, not a soldier spoke a word nor moved a heel from the alignment. Too much credit cannot be accorded to Col. Otis for his self-possession under such a fire, and the skillful manner in which he handled his regiment." A detail of the many battles of the Tenth would require a volume of itself.
The regiment continued in service in Virginia until its final muster-out, Aug. 25, 1865, and participated in no less than fourteen engagements between June 16, 1864, and the spring of 1865.
Adjutant-Gen. Williams, in his report dated April 1, 1863, says "that no regiment in the field has seen more active service, better sustained the reputa- tion of Connecticut troops, or met with greater loss than the Tenth."
To say that throughout the whole time it sustained its reputation for bravery and heroic endurance, would be but faint praise for the gallant deeds performed by it.
ITS PRINCIPAL ENGAGEMENTS WERE
Roanoke Island, N. C., Feb. 8, 1862; Newberne, N. C., March 14, 1862; Kings- ton, V. C., Dec. 14, 1862; Whitehall, N. C., Dec. 16, 1862; Seabrook Island, S. C., March 28, 1863; Siege of Charleston, S. C., from July 28 to Oct. 25, 1863; Near St. Augustine, Flu., Dec. 30, 1863; Walthall Junction, Va., May 7, 1864; Drury's Bluff, Va., May 13 to 17, 1864, inclusive: Bermuda Hundred, Va., June 16, 1864; Strawberry Plains, Va., July 26 and 27, 1864; Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 1, 1864; Deep Bottom, Va., Aug. 14, 1864; Deep Run, Va., Aug. 16, 1864; Siege of Petersburg, Va., Aug. 28 to Sept. 29, 1864: Laurel Hill Church, Va., Oct. 1, 1864; New Market Road, Va., Oct. 7. 1864; Darbytown Road, Va., Oct. 13, 1864; Darbytown Road, Va., Oct. 27, 1864; Johnson's Plantation, Va., Oct. 29, 1864; Hatcher's Run, Va., March 29 and 30, and April 1, 1865; Fort Gregg, Va., April 2, 1865; Appomatox Court House, Va., April 9, 1865.
ITS CASUALTIES.
Killed in Action, 57; Died of Wounds, 59; Died of Disease, 152; Discharged prior to muster-out, 692; Total, 960.
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ELEVENTH REGIMENT INFANTRY.
This regiment left Hartford for Annapolis Dec. 16, 1861, under command of Col. Kingsbury. It was assigned to Gen. Burnside's Division, and was called into battle at Newberne, N. C., March 14, 1862, with a loss of six killed. It was attached to the army of the Potomac in July, 1862. Col. Kingsbury resigned March 26th, and Lieut. H. W. Kingsbury, of the U. S. Army, assumed command. It was in the battle of South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14, 1862, and again at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, sustaining a loss of 181 killed, wounded, and missing. Col. Kingsbury was among the killed.
Lieut .- Col. Stedman assumed command, and proceeded to Fredericksburg, Va., on the 12th of December, 1862. Being stationed on the picket line it was not actively engaged in the battle of the 13th.
At the siege of Suffolk, from April 11th to May 3d, it was on constant and active duty in the defense of that place. It took part in a reconnoisance under Geng Corcoran, losing one man killed. On May 4th it was again on a reconnaissance and sustained a loss of four.
Early in March, 1864, the regiment returned from a veteran furlough to Portsmouth, marched to Williamsburg and encamped, and constituted that time the force nearest Richmond on the Peninsula. May 9th it was engaged in the battle of Swift's Creek. On the 16th it participated in the battle of Drury's Bluff, and when under a fearful fire it fell back, with great loss, from a position well nigh fortified with Rebel dead.
June 3d the regiment was engaged in the charge at Cold Harbor, and sus- tained a loss of 91 officers and men.
On the 5th of August Col. Stedman's brigade was called to the front, and although long unwell from continued exposure in the field the Colonel was in command. He was struck by a random shot in the side, which inflicted a mortal wound, and on the morning of August 6th that most heroic, patriotic, and gallant officer died. Col. Stedman was honored, loved, and respected in life, and sincerely mourned in death.
The regiment continued in active service in front of Petersburg, Va., from June 15, 1864, to August 27, 1864, with a loss of eighty-five officers and men.
From that time until its muster out, Dec. 21, 1865, it continued in service in the Department of Virginia.
No regiment in the service endured with a more heroic valor the hardships of a four years' war than did the ever glorious old Eleventh.
ITS CHIEF ENGAGEMENTS.
Newberne, N. C., March 14, 1862; South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14, 1862; Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862; Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13 to 15, 1862; Suffolk, Va., April 24, 1863; near Surfolk, Va., May 4, 1863; Swift's Creek, Va., May 9, 1864; Drury's Bluff's, Va., May 16, 1864; Cold Harbor, Va., June 3, 1864; before Petersburg, Va., June 15 to August 27.
ITS CASUALTIES.
35 | Died of disease, . 165
Killed in action, Died of wounds, 41 Discharged prior to muster out, 579
Total, -
, 820.
TENTING ON THE OLD CAMP GROUND.
We're tenting to-night on the old camp ground, Give us a song to cheer Our weary hearts, a song of home, And friends we love so dear.
CHORUS-Many are the hearts that are weary to-night, Wishing for the war to cease, Many are the hearts looking for the right, To see the dawn of peace. Tenting to-night, tenting to-night, tenting on the old camp ground.
We've been tenting to-night on the old camp ground, Thinking of days gone by,
Of the lov'd ones at home that gave us the hand, And the tear that said " Good-bye !"
CHO .- Many are the hearts that are weary to-night, Wishing for the war to cease, Many are the hearts looking for the right, To see the dawn of peace. Tenting to-night, tenting to-night, tenting on the old camp ground.
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