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Portions of the following commands, for the preservation of the Government, were recruited in Lincoln County, and scattering individuals probably joined other commands organized outside of the county.
THIRD REGIMENT CAVALRY, MISSOURI STATE MILITIA.
Company G, of this regiment, commanded by Capt. Richard Wommack, was raised in Lincoln County, and a portion of Com- panies C and D, from Pike County, commanded respectively by Capts. S. A. C. Bartlett and Robert McElroy, were recruited in this county. The following is the official roster of the staff officers of the regiment, and the officers of Company G:
Col. Edwin Smart, enl. May 8, 1862, com. May 5, 1862, res. May 20, 1863.
Col. Richard G. Woodson, enl. May 25, 1863, com. May 21, 1863, dis. by S. O. No. 35, Headquarters of Mo., Feb. 27, 1864.
Col. O. D. Greene, enl. April 4, 1864, com. April 4, 1864, not mustered.
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Lieut .- Col Frederick Morsey, enl. May 8, 1862, com. May 5, 1862, res. May 23, 1863.
Lieut .- Col. J. O. Broadhead, enl. June 8, 1863, com. June 8, 1863, res. Feb. 6, 1864.
Lieut .- Col. H. M. Matthews, enl. Feb. 18, 1861, com. Feb. 18, 1864, m. o. expir. of term, April 20, 1865.
Maj. Richard G. Woodson, enl. May 8, 1862, com. May 25, 1862, pro. to Col. May 21, 1863.
Maj. Robert McElroy, enl. June 20, 1863, com. June 20, 1863, dec'd by Maj. McElroy.
Maj. James Wilson, enl. July 11, 1863, com. June 20, 1863, capt. at battle of Pilot Knob, Sept. 27, 1864, and murdered by the enemy in Washington Co., Mo., Oct. 3, 1864.
Maj. Henry C. Campbell, enl. Dec. 2, 1864, com. Dec. 21, 1864, m. o. as Adj't at expir. of term, May 8, 1865.
Maj. H. S. McConnell, enl. June 14, 1862, com. May 16, 1862, res. July 3, 1863. Maj. S. A. C. Bartlett, enl. May 12, 1864, com. May 12, 1864, m. o. expir. of term, May, 1865.
Maj. H. M. Matthews, enl. Mar. 25, 1863, com. Mar. 18, 1863, promoted to Lieut .- Col. Feb. 18, 1864.
Lieut .- Adjt. H. C. Campbell, enl. Oct. 21, 1862, com. Oct. 21, 1862, prom. to Maj. Lieut .- Q. M. J. F. L. Jacoby, enl. May 18, 1863, com. May 18, 1863, m. o. at expir. of term, May 8, 1865.
Lieut .- Com. H. R. Woodruff, enl. Feb. 6, 1863, com. Feb. 6, 1863, m. o. expir. of term, Feb. 22, 1865.
Surg. William L. Short, enl. May 17, 1862, com. April 22, 1862, m. o. expir. of term, May 8, 1865.
Asst. Surg. William L. Short, enl. Mar. 6, 1862, com. Mar. 6, 1862, pro. to Surg. Asst. Surg. H. E. Jones, enl. May 17, 1862, com. Apr. 22, 1862, res. Feb. 27, 1863. Asst. Surg. James Hollister, enl. Apr. 11, 1863, com. Apr. 11, 1863, res. June 10, 1864.
Asst. Surg. William C. P. Buttman, enl. July 11, 1864, com. July 11, 1864.
COMPANY G.
Capt. Rich. Wommack, enl. Feb. 17, 1862, com. Feb. 15, 1862, res. Apr. 24, 1862. Capt. James Wilson, enl. May 5, 1862, com. May 3, 1862, promoted to Major June 20, 1863.
Capt. Charles W. Rush, enl. July 30, 1863, com. July 27, 1863, m. o. expir. of term, July, 1865.
1st Lieut. John M. Reeds, enl. Feb. 17, 1861, com. Dec. 13, 1861, m. o. expir. of term, July, 1865.
2d. Lieut. Isaac W. Cannon, enl. Feb. 17, 1862, com. Feb. 15, 1862, res. May 6, 1862.
2d. Lieut. Chas. W. Rush, enl. May 10, 1862, com. May 10, 1862, promoted Capt. July 30, 1863.
2d. Lieut. Elbert May, enl. July 30, 1863, com. July 28, 1863, m. o. expir. of term, 1865.
The following communications from commanding officers con- stitute the history of this regiment:
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HEADQUARTERS THIRD REGIMENT, MISSOURI STATE MILI- )
TIA CAVALRY, PILOT KNOB, Mo., December 19, 1863.
"COL. JOHN B. GRAY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF MISSOURI,
" Sir :- In compliance with your request, I submit the follow- ing report of the history of battles, marches, etc., of the Third Regiment Cavalry, Missouri State Militia: The Third Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, was organized on the 5th day of May, 1862, at Louisiana, Pike Co., Mo., composed of five companies recruited at Louisiana, and three from Warrenton, recruited prin- cipally under the superintendence of Lieut .- Col. Morsey, with 740 aggregate, and commanded by Col. Edwin Smart. For two months it was engaged principally in guarding the line of the North Missouri Railroad, with its headquarters at Louisiana, Mo. As soon as the rebel Porter commenced organizing his forces in North- east Missouri, the regiment was placed in the field, and continued there continually until the following November. A part of the command was in the first engagement with Porter the latter part of July, on Salt River, Monroe Co., Mo., in connection with the Third Iowa Cavalry, Maj. Caldwell in command. It was next engaged with Porter's forces a few days after at Moore's Mill, in Callaway County, Mo., Col. O. Guitar commanding. It then went in pursuit of these forces through Northeast Missouri, to the Iowa line, and one company was in the engagement at Kirksville, Mo., Col. John McNeil, commanding. After this, the rebel forces being dispersed, it was engaged in pursuing and capturing them, having frequent skirmishes with Porter's, Poindexter's, Cobb's and other guerrilla parties which so infested that region during the fall of 1862.
" On the 18th of October it engaged and successfully dispersed a large force of these guerrillas near the Avonix Church, in Cal- laway County, Mo., who were attempting to cross the river and get south. This was the breaking up of the campaign of that fall. During the time many rebels, horses, etc., were captured, and many were surrendered to the command. On the 10th day of December the regiment took up its march to Jefferson City, thence to Rolla, where it remained but a short time, when it was ordered to Pilot Knob, Mo., at which place it arrived on the 28th day of December, 1862. It remained there until the middle of
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March, 1863, during which time it was engaged in guarding the post, and escorting trains to Gen. Davidson's command, then in Southeast Missouri. In March it marched to Patterson, Mo. There, on the 20th day of April, 1863, it was attacked by Mar- maduke's command of eight thousand men, and being so outnum- bered, and no artillery, it was forced to fall back on Pilot Knob, which it did in order, losing in killed and wounded only about thirty men. This engagement lasted from twelve o'clock, M., until sundown. It then joined the forces of Gen. Vandever, and pursued Marmaduke out of the State, being in all the engagements from Jackson to Chalk Bluff. Since this time it has been con- tinually in the field, having many skirmishes with guerrillas in Southeast Missouri and Arkansas.
" In August last it made a raid into Arkansas, which succeeded in the capture of Gen. Jeff. Thompson and staff.
"In October it was again (under command of Maj. Wilson) in that State, and captured a company of sixty men, with their offi- cers, at Evening Shade. At the same time another portion of it, under Capt. Leeper, entered the State at a different point and had a skirmish with rebel force under Reeves, a notorious guerrilla leader. The regiment has just taken winter quarters, with headquarters at Pilot Knob, and its companies occupy sev- eral other posts in Southeast Missouri.
"I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant, " R. G. WOODSON, " Colonel Third Missouri Militia Cavalry."
" HEADQUARTERS THIRD MISSOURI CAVALRY, " WESTON, Mo., December 22, 1864.
" General :- At the beginning of the year 1864, the head- quarters of the regiment were at Pilot Knob, Mo., with com- panies occupying the outposts of Patterson, Centerville, Fred- ericktown, Potosi and Farmington, Maj. James Wilson command- ing. The stations of the companies and command of the regi- ment remained unchanged during the severe winter months of January and February, very little being done by the command except the usual routine of camp, post and escort duty.
" About the 1st of March Maj. H. M. Matthews was promoted
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to lieutenant-colonel and assumed command of the regiment. During this month Maj. Wilson, in pursuance to orders from Brig .- Gen. Fisk, made a successful raid into Arkansas from Pilot Knob, with 100 picked and well mounted men, killing twenty-one guerrillas and scattering the bands that then infested that country. Shortly after this a battalion was sent to Patterson, under the command of Maj. Wilson, and the work of exterminating bushwhackers and guerrillas commenced in earn- est. Scouts from the regiment were continually sent to the border and into Arkansas, and if an enemy were anywhere in that country he was sure to be hunted out and justice meted out to him. The regiment had, by scouting the country so frequently, learned every path and by-road, and this was the cause of their great success in hunting down the marauding parties. No dis- trict of country in Missouri, so much exposed, has, within the last year, been kept more quiet from the bands that have infested our State than this.
" In June the Second Battalion was detached from the regi- ment, placed under command of Maj. Bartlett, and ordered to the District of North Missouri, where it did good service during the summer and fall in hunting down the numerous guerrilla parties in that district. The battalion also lost quite a number of men wounded, captured, and afterward murdered by the rebels.
"Lieut .- Col. Matthews being detached from the regiment early in June, Maj. Wilson assumed command, with headquarters at Patterson, Mo. On the 18th of July, Maj. Wilson, with 125 men, started on a raid into Arkansas, marched to Bloomfield, Mo., and reported to Lieut .- Col. Burris, Tenth Kansas Volun- teers, who commanded the expedition, which lasted for twenty- six days, during intensely hot weather, and for the part per- formed by the Third Missouri State Militia Cavalry we refer to Col. Burris' report.
"On the 2d day of August, and on our return from Osceola, which place we had taken, with a large number of prisoners, en- gaged the Second Missouri rebel regiment, commanded by Lieut .- Col. Erwin, Pemiscot County, Mo .; charged, in connection with the First and Sixth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, killing and capturing the greater portion of the command and dispersing the
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remainder. In this engagement the regiment lost Capt. Evans Francis, Company L. killed. Capt. Francis was a young man, just promoted, a fine officer and a gentleman in every respect, and bid fair to make a name worthy of the cause in which he was engaged.
" Upon the return of the regiment from this expedition, Lieut. - Col. Matthews again assumed command, with headquarters at Sturgeon, Mo., District of North Missouri, and Maj. Wilson was placed in command of the sub-district of Pilot Knob, Mo.
"During September, and when Price was expected into Mis- souri, the District of Southeast Missouri again began to swarm with guerrillas and recruiting parties from the rebel army, and the regiment was kept on the march night and day clearing out the parties and obtaining information in regard to Price's move- ments.
"On the 17th of September Lieut. Pape, Company K., with a small detachment of the regiment, moved to Doniphan, found the advance of Shelby's division, charged them, drove them from the town and across Current River, and for several miles back toward the Arkansas line. He then fell back and encamped on Black River. During the night the enemy advanced in heavy force; succeeded, under the cover of the night, in surrounding the little camp, and next morning made the attack with mounted and dismounted men. Lieut. Pape mounted his men, and finding himself sur- rounded by a vastly superior force, ordered them to charge, which they did four times before they succeeded in breaking the enemy, who were formed three lines deep. They succeeded in cutting their way out, with the loss of Lieut. Brawner, Company K, killed, and several men killed and wounded.
" This is but one instance of the many severe skirmishes in which the regiment was engaged during and before the raid of Price into Southeast Missouri.
" Two battalions of the regiment were engaged in the battle of Pilot Knob, Mo., on the 26th and 27th of September, 1864. There and on the retreat to Rolla the regiment lost heavily; among the number, Maj. James Wilson, who, with six men, was captured at Pilot Knob, and afterward shot by order of the rebel Gen. Price. For the honorable and heroic part the regiment
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acted at that battle and on the retreat, we refer to the official report of the commanding general.
"When the forces in Missouri were ordered to concentrate at Jefferson City, Lieut .- Col. Matthews, who was then at Rocheport, moved to that place; arrived there with the Second Battalion, on the 3d day of October, and was there joined by a detachment under command of Lieut. Blain, who had come through ahead of the enemy from Gen. Ewing's command. On the 4th the battal- ion moved out and met the enemy on the Osage; was there en- gaged until forced back, with the balance of the command, slowly to the city. It then followed in pursuit of the enemy to Boonville, under the command of Gen. Sanborn, until Gen. Pleasanton assumed command, when it was placed in McNeil's brigade and continued the pursuit to Independence and was en- gaged in that battle. It was then detached from the command and left to garrison the post.
"After the Price raid the regiment concentrated at St. Louis. From there moved by rail to St. Joseph, where five companies are now stationed, headquarters at Weston, Mo .; two companies at Liberty, one at Parkville, one at Chillicothe, two at Carrollton and one at Weston, Mo.
"This is but a brief summary of the operations of the regiment, it being impossible to give a detailed account of the movements, marches, scouts, skirmishes, etc., in which it has been engaged during the last year.
"The total enlisted strength of the regiment is 803; aggregate, 840.
" Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " H. M. MATTHEWS, "Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding."
Immediately after the Price raid into Missouri, which con- tinued until the latter part of 1864, this regiment was concen- trated at St. Joseph, Mo.
On the 1st of January, 1865, the headquarters were at Weston, Platte County, Mo., where they remained until most of the regiment was mustered out.
The companies garrisoned the posts of St. Joseph, Liberty,
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Weston and Parkville, on the north side of the Missouri River, and Pleasant Hill and Lone Jack, on the south side.
During this time they were energetically engaged in hunting down the guerrillas that then infested that portion of the State, and did good service in restoring peace and quiet within the limits of their district.
With the exception of recruits, this regiment was mustered out at expiration of term, during the months of January, Feb- ruary and March, 1865. The recruits were consolidated into one company (A), which, under instructions of the War Depart- ment, dated June 23, 1865, was mustered out July 13, 1865.
FORTY-NINTH INFANTRY, MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS.
Company A of this regiment, commanded by Capt. William Colbert, was raised in Lincoln County ; and Company E, of the same regiment, was also mostly raised there. The following is the roster of the regimental staff and of the officers of the companies serving in the regiment from this county :
Col. David P. Dyer, enl. Jan. 3, 1865, com. Jan. 3, 1865, m. o. Aug. 5, 1865. Lt .- Col. David P. Dyer, enl. Oct. 17, 1864, com. Sept. 20, 1864, promoted to Col. Lt .- Col. Edwin Smart, enl. Jan. 3, 1865, com. Jan. 3, 1865, m. o. Aug. 2, 1865. Maj. Edwin Smart, enl. Oct. 20, 1864, com. Sept. 15, 1864, promoted to Lt .- Col. Maj. Israel W. Stewart, enl. Jan. 3, 1865, com. Jan. 3, 1865, m. o. Aug. 2, 1865. Adjt. Wm. R. Hardin, enl. Aug. 11, 1864, com. Aug. 11, 1864, m. o. May 15, 1865, S. O. No. 272, W. D.
Adjt. Wm. Lansdown, enl. July 19, 1865, com. July 19, 1865, m. o. as 1st Lieut. Co. F, Aug. 2, 1865.
Q. M. T. M. Guerin, enl. Aug. 7, 1864, com. Aug. 7, 1864, res. Nov. 3, 1864.
Q. M. Wm. D. Bush, enl. Nov. 3, 1864, com. Nov. 3, 1864, m. o. Aug. 2, 1865. Surg. Oscar Monig, enl. Sept. 9, 1864, com. Sept. 9, 1864, m. o. Aug. 2, 1865.
Asst. Surg. Thos. S. Ruby, enl. Aug. 26, 1864, com. Aug. 26, 1864. m. o. Aug. 2, 1865.
COMPANY A.
Capt. Wm. Colbert, enl. Sept. 14, 1864, com. Aug. 31, 1864, m. o. Aug. 2, 1865. 1st Lieut. Jos. H. Mitchell, enl. Sept. 14, 1864, com. Sept. 14, 1864, m. o. Aug. 2, 1865.
2d Lieut. Reuben W. Colbert, enl. Sept. 14, 1864, com. Aug. 31, 1864, m. o. Aug. 2, 1865.
COMPANY E.
Capt. Jno. E. Ball, enl. Sept. 22, 1864, com. Sept. 22, 1864, m. o. Aug. 2, 1865. 1st Lieut. Fritz Eversmeyer, enl. Sept. 22, 1864, com. Sept. 22, 1864, m. o. Aug. 2, 1865.
2d Lieut. Herman H. Schafer, enl. Sept. 22, 1864, com. Sept. 22, 1864, m. o. Aug. 2, 1865.
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This regiment was organized at Warrenton, in Warren Coun- ty, in August and September, 1864, and on becoming full it moved to Mexico, and from there, on the occasion of the Price raid into Missouri, it moved to Jefferson City, and during Price's stay in the State it did service up and down the Missouri River for the purpose of preventing the Confederate army, or portions thereof, from crossing to the northern side. After Price retreat- ed from the State the Forty-ninth Missouri regiment returned to Mexico. The companies were then distributed to different points, mostly in Callaway, Boone, Audrain and other counties. Capt. Colbert's company was sent to Columbia, Boone County, and Company F, commanded by Capt. A. Kimpinski, was sta- tioned for a short time at Troy, in Lincoln County. The follow- ing letter, addressed to the adjutant-general of Missouri, com- pletes the history of this regiment:
"LOUISIANA, PIKE COUNTY, MISSOURI, October 20, 1865.
" COLONEL SAMUEL P. SIMPSON, ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF MISSOURI,
" Sir :- In obedience to your request of the 17th inst., I have the honor to submit the following as a history of the operations of my command from the commencement of the present year to the date of the muster out:
" On the 1st day of January, 1865, the regiment was scattered throughout several counties in North Missouri, principally along the line of the North Missouri Railroad. The regiment was at that time under the command of Lieut .- Col. Smart (leave of absence having been granted to me to attend a session of the State Legislature). On the 30th of January orders were re- ceived by Lieut .- Col. Smart to report with his command at St. Louis, Mo. On the 1st day of February I reported at St. Louis and assumed command of the regiment, and thereupon received orders from Gen. Dodge to proceed to New Orleans and report to Maj .- Gen. E. R. S. Canby, commanding military division of West Mississippi. On the 10th day of February we embarked at St. Louis, and on the 21st of same month reported to Gen. Canby at New Orleans, and by him were assigned to the Sixteenth Army Corps, Maj .- Gen. A. J. Smith commanding. My regiment was,
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by order of Gen. Smith, assigned to the Third Division, Six- teenth Army Corps, Brevet Maj .- Gen. E. A. Carr commanding. The regiment remained at New Orleans until the 10th day of March, at which time it embarked on steamer, under orders to report at Dauphin Island, the entrance to Mobile Bay. On the 20th of the same month left Dauphin Island and proceeded by way of Gulf of Mexico to Fish River, which we ascended for a dis- tance of some twenty miles, and then disembarked, proceeding across the country in the direction of the city of Mobile, and on the morning of the 27th of March commenced operations against Spanish Fort, situated on the eastern side of Mobile Bay, and opposite the city ; that fort and Fort Blakely, situated four miles above, comprising the main defenses of the city in this siege, which lasted for thirteen days. My command held a portion of the main line investing the fort, being near the center of the division, and the division occupying the right of the line. My loss during the siege was twenty-one killed and wounded. On the 9th of April the garrison surrendered, and on the next day we started in the direction of Fort Blakely, which, before our arrival, had also surrendered. From there we marched to Mont- gomery, Ala., a distance of 200 miles, reaching there on the 26th of April. At this latter place the regiment remained until the 14th of July, at which time eight companies of the regiment were ordered to report for muster out and discharge. Left Mont- gomery on the night of the 14th, and proceeded by the way of Selma, Meridian, Jackson and Vicksburg to St. Louis, reporting at the latter place to Col. B. L. E. Bonneville for muster out, and were, on the 2d of August, finally mustered out and discharged. The two remaining companies, H and K, commanded respect- ively by Capt. Gentry and Grabenharst, are at this time at Eufaula, Ala., awaiting the expiration of their term of serv- ice.
"The men composing the several companies of the regiment were not acclimated, and hence, during the summer season, a great deal of sickness prevailed, with fearful fatality. During the encampment at Montgomery, Ala., a little more than two months, we buried of our number fifty-two, thirty-eight of whom sleep side by side in one graveyard.
SCENE ON THE MISSOURI PACIFIC R. R.
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" I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient ser- vant, '" D. P. DYER,
" Late Colonel Forty-ninth Missouri Infantry Volunteers."
The two companies mentioned as remaining in the service were in due time thereafter mustered out.
On the 1st day of August, 1864, when a draft was pending in Missouri to raise her quota of soldiers for the United States army, the county court of Lincoln County, in order to avoid the enforcement of the draft therein, by virtue of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, entitled: "An act to encourage volunteer enlistments in the United States military service," approved February, 1864, ordered that $100 should be paid to each citizen of the county who would volunteer to enter the service to fill her share of the quota, the aggregate number of men to receive such bounty not to exceed 205. The court further ordered that an amount of money not exceeding $15,000 should be borrowed for the payment of such bounties, at the rate of 10 per cent interest, the interest to be paid annually, and that bonds or orders on the county treasurer, signed by the president of the court, and countersigned by the clerk thereof, should be issued for the payment of the money borrowed.
At a special term of the court held in March following, when another draft was pending, it was ordered, by virtue of the afore- said legislative act, that $200 should be paid to each citizen of the county "who would volunteer for the term of twelve months in the Missouri Volunteers for the United States service," $100 to be paid upon enlistment and $100 at the expiration of term of service, the aggregate number of men to receive such bounties not to exceed 103 men.
On the 22d day of the same month (March, 1865) the Court ordered " that $200 bounty be paid to each soldier who should volunteer for the term of three years in the Missouri Volunteers for the United States service, to be credited to the quota of Lin- coln County, $100 to be paid when accepted, and $100 to be paid at the expiration of twelve months, with 10 per cent interest from date. Bonds or orders to be issued for the deferred payments. The aggregate number of men not to exceed the number required
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to fill the quota. The Court appoints Maj. Alex. H. Martin commissioner to contract for and superintend the filling of the quota for the county for the impending draft." On April 7, fol- lowing, the Court made an order to borrow from the school fund such amount as proper to pay the bounties, and to execute bonds to the State for the same.
On the 10th day of April, following, the Court rescinded the orders made on the 22d of March and 7th of April preceding, and made the following order instead:
" By virtue of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, entitled ' An act to encourage volunteer enlistments in the United States military service,' approved February 26, 1864, it is ordered by the Court that the sum of $15,000 be appropri- ated for the payment of substitutes to fill our quota for the pres- ent draft. The Court also appoints Maj. A. H. Martin a commis- sioner to contract for and superintend the filling of said quota, limiting him to an amount not to exceed $200 for each substitute furnished for one, two or three years. It is further ordered by the Court that Shapley R. Woolfolk, treasurer of this county, pay over to said commissioner any proportion of the aforesaid amount of $15,000 which he may require from time to time for the pay- ment of said substitutes, and charge to any fund to which it properly belongs."
In accordance with these several orders of the Court, bounties were paid to a sufficient number of volunteer soldiers to exempt the county from the enforcement of any draft.
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