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He was in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Wounded slightly in leg at Chancellorsville and severely in left cheek at Gettysburg, by explosion of shell, leaving a deep sear.
Married April 3, 1869. to Mary E. Piper, of Meredith, by whom he has one daughter, Nellie F.
A farmer when he enlisted, teamster most of the time since his discharge, and a brave, trusty soldier all the time he wore the blue.
CORP. ALMON J. FARRAR.
Oldest son of five children of J. Warren and Mary J. (Randlett) Farrar, and was born in Gilmanton, April 14, 1844.
Married to Lydia B. Elkins, of Boseawen. May 31, 1870. No children.
Only those who knew him as a schoolmate or comrade will recognize the smooth, spare face presented here which is from a picture taken about the time of his enlistment, when he weighed but one hundred and twenty-five pounds; but now he can lift the beam at double these figures and have several pounds to spare.
Hle was taken siek with measles at Warrenton, Va., and sent to Washington. Re- turning to the regimeut at Falmouth. before well enough for regular duty, he was detailed and served in the sanitary department until the fall of 1863. thus escaping Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. But the hard and dangerous was yet to come. In Swift Creek, Relay House, Drury's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and in Fort Harrison and several other engagements, while detached as sharpshooter. In the Siege of Petersburg he says : " I exchanged shots for thirty days with a rebel sharpshooter with whom I used to meet between the lines, during a short time, shake hands and have a friendly chat." Ile shot and captured a rebel paymaster just before Lee surrendered, and one of the packages of confederate money that he got was perforated by the bullet that came so near killing himself a few days later .* He was terribly wounded at High Bridge, Va., by a minie ball
* See page 365 et seq.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
B. B. I .. 5-83. CORP. CYRUS P. DOW.
B. L. L., 5-3- LIEUT. GORHAM P. DUNN.
B. DB. L. 5-9. HIRAM ELLIOTT.
H. L. L. 5-101. JOIN R. ELLIOTT.
B. P. J .. 5-11. HENRY E. EMERY.
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passing diagonally through his body from breast to back. while our forces were confront- ing the remnant of Lee's army a few days before his surrender. lle was carried into a rebel's house, where the surgeon expected he would die in an hour or two, and from there, in a few days, to field and general hospital, from the death ward of which he was the only patient, save one, of twenty-seven to come out alive though expected to be one of the first to die when he entered. Also slightly wounded at Cold Harbor and narrowly escaped cap- ture by rolling and crawling over and between the corn rows at Bermuda Hundred .* He was one of nine sharpshooters who opened the way to the capture of Fort Harrison by picking off the rebel gunners, and one of the first to enter the fort.
In speaking of his service when on detached service he says : " I acted as a sharpshooter most of the time during the last year of the war. These sharpshooters, detailed from different regiments, were organized into a battalion of two companies of seventy men each, and commanded by Captain Cooley. From the time they were organized in June, 1864, to the end of the war they were almost constantly in the front line, either of entrenchments or as skirmishers. At the battle of Fort Harrison the service they rendered was very impor- tant, and without their aid it is very doubtful if the fort at that time could have been taken. Eight of ns, a sergeant and seven men, actually took the fort and held it for some time. We were ordered to creep up under cover of darkness and get a position from which we could pick off the rebel gunners in the fort. We fell in with the rebel relief when they appeared and captured four or five of their pickets as fast as they came along and were posted. We then got across the ditch, climbed up over the parapet and took the fort by surprise before it was barely light, and before our forces had fired a single shot. The rebel sentinel fired once and ran, followed by others thus roused from their slumber. A colonel was shot while thus retreating and I got his watch and some other articles, and have got the watch now."
lle died at Laconia, February 8, 1895.
SERGT. ALBERT P. FERNALD.
But little is known of this soldier's record except that he was born in Gilmanton, August 15, 1819.
Ile was in the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville (as believed), and died of Bright's disease at Manchester. November 21, 1884.
Ilis daughter, Carrie B., resided some years ago at Laconia.
CORP. HANSON GRAY.
On the Sth day of "rosy footed May," 1837, there was born in Jackson (see roster) another of the dauntless " mountaineers " who need make no apology for showing his face on the page of history. Ilis father, Daniel, who was a veteran of 1812, and his mother, Julia (Miller) from New York, had nine sons and two daughters. Nathaniel M., brother of the subject of this sketch, served in the Fifteenth New Hampshire Volunteers.
Married the day he enlisted to Ellen N. Ilackett, of Laconia. May Louise (adopted) is the name of their only child.
Hle marched and fought under the colors, for he was the next mnan to the color ser- geant, from Concord to Cold Harbor, Va. Wounded by minie balls in right leg at Chan- cellorsville, and in left leg at Cold Harbor. At Chancellorsville he was also struck by another bullet which penetrated the testament that he carried in his vest pocket, stopping at and just marking, as if to call attention to the twenty-first verse of the twenty-third chapter of Acts.
* See page 237.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
DB. DB. L. 5-10. CORP. ALMON J. FARRAR.
B. B. L. 5-10. SERGT. ALBERT P. FERNALD
B. B. L. 5-71. CORP. HANSON GRAY.
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ELBRIDGE G. JEWETT.
This brother of George W., the youngest son of the family, was born January 25, 1844. (See sketch of George W.) His grandfather fought at the battle of Bunker Ilill.
lu Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Swift Creek, Drury's Bluff, and Cold Harbor, but never wounded severely. During the last year of the war he was ambulance driver, being attacked by guerillas between Richmond and Petersburg while carrying officers. He was injured by limbs falling across his back and also received a bayonet wound iu his head.
Married September 18, 1868, to Emma L. Cook, of Sandwich. Children, Mary L., Lizzie (deceased), and Idella A.
Occupation, farmer before the war ; carpenter and car builder since.
CORP. GEORGE W. JEWETT.
The subject of this sketch was the son of John and Hannah (Thurston) JJewett, of Gilford, where he was born in 1838. Ile was a brother to Elbridge G., of the same company (see sketch), and also to Charles F., of Company F., Eighth New Hampshire Vol- unteers. His grandfather was in the Revolution and fought at Bunker Hill.
Married AApril 15, 1856, to Alvira R. Collins, of Gilford, by whom he had two children. one of whom, Frank L., is living and has a son of his own. named George, and long may the name be found in the line of lineal descent.
In the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysbury, intrepidly facing the dangers of them all in safety; but worn down by the Gettysburg campaign, disease, chronic diarrhora, already upon him got a new and fatal hold upon his once strong and hardy constitution and he went home on a sick furlough to die (see roster).
Hle is spoken of by his surviving comrades as a brave man and true soldier, but this hardly does full justice to his honorable record.
SERGT. AJALON D. JONES.
On the 21th of January, 1838, this soldier, a member of a family of ten children, was born in Turner, Me. His parents were Alonzo P. and Ennice ( Allen) ,Jones : his grandfather, JJames Allen, who acted as a drum major in the War of the Revolution, and his father's father. Benjamin Jones, served in the War of 1812. His brothers, Waldo B. and James A., served in the Union army-one in the Twentieth Maine and the other in the Fourth New Hampshire, both dying in the service.
On account of sickness his service in the Twelfth was brief, and concerning his enlist- ment in the state service, see roster.
In 1871 he attended school at New Hampton and at Lewiston, Me., preparing for the ministry. Ile was ordained at Litchfield, Me., as a Free Baptist minister, June, 1873.
Barnard Smith, who enlisted in the Tenth New Hampshire, was the father of Emma II., who married the subject of this sketch, October 22, 1866. Walter S., Alice C., and Harry B., are the names of their children.
A good soldier of the cross and for the I'nion. His labor has been productive of many converts.
LYMAN HI. LAMPREY.
This, the oldest of three sons (no daughters) of Oliver and Abigail ( Moulton) Lamprey, was born in Gilmanton, November 29, 1840, and is the brother of Madison C .. of the same company. who is now living on the old homestead farm.
Ile had a noble record, being in every battle but Gettysburg and never absent from the regiment, except when wounded, until permanently disabled at Cold Harbor, by a severe minie ball wonnd in left arm. Ile was also so badly wounded in right arm at Chan- cellorsville that he was unable to do duty again for several months.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
B. S. L. 5-10.
ELBRIDGE G. JEWETT.
B. Bk. L. 5-112. CORP. GEORGE W. JEWETT.
B. DB. D. 5-113. SERGT. AJALON D. JONES.
B. LB. L. 6-0. LYMAN II. LAMPREY.
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Married Nettie Robinson, of Plattsburg. N. Y., July 5, 1870, who is now the mother of Maud A., their only child.
Though never promoted, he was one of the most capable and deserving of the com- pany, and since the war has been honored hy being elected representative two years ; commander of Louis Bell Post, G. A. R., and appointed deputy collector of Internal Revenue, for four years.
llis occupation, a commercial traveller ; and though much might be said in his praise. nothing speaks plainer of the merits of this man than his bright and noble record for his country. Ilis residence is in Manchester and is one of her most respected citizens. Though his arm was never marked by even a single stripe of rank, his title to real merit is equaled by few in the whole regiment.
BVT. LIEUT. GEORGE B. LANE.
Son of Col. Charles and Sarah Jane (Bodwell) Lane ; born in Sanbornton, August 5, 1811.
Receiving a liberal education. he was at the time of his enlistment employed as insur- anee agent in the office of his father. and being thus peculiarly fitted by education and experience for the position of elerk, acted in that capacity and as mail agent until promoted to commissary sergeant, February 4, 1864. Ile was commissioned second lieu- tenant of Company D. but not mustered.
Although never facing the foe in the ranks, the service that he rendered was quite as important, if not as hazardous ; and he deserves credit for being always found ready and able to perform it quickly and well.
He married Mary J. Webber, widow of Daniel II. Webber, of Company G. November 15, 1870, and has one child, Ada F.
WESLEY LEIGHTON.
lle died on Gettysburg's bloody soil, having previously fought at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.
lle was the son of Moses and Mary (Smith) Leighton and was born in Sanbornton, February 1, 1812.
lle fought and fell by the side of Freeman Sanborn, who was terribly wounded in the throat at the same battle. Leighton was wounded in the bowels and lay, when he was found dead after the battle, with his hand under his head.
There were eight children in his father's family, two of them being girls, and Wesley, the third child. Sammel W. Leighton, the oldest, was in the war and served in a cavalry regiment and died before discharge, September 16, 1863.
CORP. DARIU'S II. LEWIS
Was born in Meredith, March 5, 1839, being the son of William and Hannah (Picker- ing) Lewis.
lle was wounded in left leg and taken prisoner at Chaneellorsville, being confined in Libby and Belle Isle prisons. lle was then paroled and sent to Annapolis where he, with J. S. Collins, remained three months. During the rest of the war he aeted most of the time on detached duty.
Ile was married June 9, 1859, to Mary Gordon, of Laconia, by whom he had two ehil- dren, Orrin and Archy.
Hle was a stone worker and spinner before enlistment, and after the war was employed on horse ears.
lle died some years ago (see roster), and is remembered by his neighbors and friends as a good eitizen.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
Bk. B. L. 5-7. BVT. LIEUT. GEORGE B. LANE.
B. L. L. 5-9.
WESLEY LEIGHTON.
B. B. L. 5-10. CORP. DARIUS II. LEWIS.
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WALTER E. LIBBEY.
This soldier was the son of Ezra B. and Mary G. (Hloman) Libbey, who were the parents of three boys and four girls. Ile was born in Warren. September 27, 1837. Both his grandfathers, Luke Libbey and Joseph Iloman, a relative of Hannah Dustin, were soldiers of the Revolution and the former was taken prisoner and carried to England, being confined there six months.
This soldier enlisted as a drummer and served as such most of the time until his dis- charge, being known as " the left handed drummer." Ile was present at the battles of Fredericksburg. Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg, and Cap- ture of Richmond.
lle married Annie G. Stowe, who lived near Point of Rocks, Va., and with whom he got acquainted while in the war. Their children were Gertie B., Walter E., and Hadley Dame, the last being named after llarriet Dame. the well known army nurse of New llampshire, and Dr. Hladley Fowler, surgeon of the Twelfth.
lle was very quick and agile in all his movements * and was noted as being a great wrestler, throwing everyone, not only in his own regiment but others who dared try his skill. at arms length. Ile always came out on top and was acknowledged the champion, yet he was of slim build and measured but little above the army height. He was on detached service at Point of Rocks hospital, Va. Ile was of a lively and jolly disposition, possessing one of the kindest of hearts, and will long be remembered for his true and last- ing friendship. He died in Philadelphia in the fall of 1892.
SERGT. ALMA MILLIKEN.
This, one of the four patriotic sons of Amos and Sally (Milliken) Milliken, was born July 16, 1835, in Saco, Me. Ilis three brothers were in the Union army and all earned honorable records. Moses S. and David served in the Seventeenth Missouri and Twen- tieth Illinois, respectively : and Lieut. Abraham HI. received a commission in the Twelfth Regiment. (See roster as corrected below. )
In Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville (where he was wounded in left arm), and Cold Harbor, where he was so badly injured by a fall in the charge as to disable him from taking the field again and affect him for life. He was sent to hospital and soon was fur- loughed home. Upon his return to Washington he again was sent to hospital until April, 1865. when he was sent into Pennsylvania after recruits, getting to Harrisburg the same day that the martyred Lincoln lay in state there. From there he was sent to North Caro- lina and thence back to Washington where he was discharged. See incident, page 417.
Ile was married December 13, 1858. to Harriet E. Lee, of Paw Paw, Mich. Children, Willie L. (deceased) and Ilattie J.
lle was a dyer by trade when he enlisted, but after the war worked twelve years in a repair shop at Bangor, Mich., and then moved to Michigan City, Ind., where he lived two years, when he removed to Crete, Neb., where he now resides. A farmer most of the time since discharge. being employed at present as a large market gardener.
Since the printing of the roster at the end of this book, the order of " dishonorably discharged" in the case of Lieut. A. H. Milliken, above referred to, has been revoked by the War Department and he restored (see how it reads).
SERGT. CHARLES E. MOODY.
The oldest son and third child of the seven children of Stephen S. and Eliza S. (Hoyt) Moody and born in Gilmanton. November 23, 1836. Grandfather on mother's side in War of 1812, and his great-grandfather. JJohn Moody, was in Captain Ambrose's company, of Colonel Welch's regiment of volunteers that was raised in Moultonborough and adjacent towns, joined General Gates' army at Saratoga, and remained with it until after the sur- render of General Burgoyne.
ยท See page 406.
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B. L. L. 5-5. WALTER E. LIBBEY.
B. L. L. 5-10.
SERGT. ALMA MILLIKEN.
B. B. L. 6-4. SERGT. CHARLES E. MOODY.
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In most of the principal battles, except Gettysburg and Cold Harbor. Wounded in left leg and had bullet through his cap and several through his clothes at Chancellorsville. Rejoined regiment at Point Lookout and remaining with it, except three or four months absence from sickness after Drury's Bluff, until the end of the war.
Married Mary A., daughter of JJoseph P'. Gilman, of Laconia, December 31, 1882. Children, Clayton G. and Theodore (deceased).
Farmer and school teacher before the war, farmer since. Ile needs no praise.
CORP. HORACE PRESCOTT.
Second son of five children, three boys and two girls, of Isaac and Sarah (Keniston) Prescott, and was born in Lyndon, Vt., January 7, 1829.
Married Josephine E., daughter of Alpheus D. Smith. April 8, 1857, whose grandfather was a sergeant in War of 1812, and soon after moved to upper Gilmanton (now Bel- mont), where he lived, when he enlisted, with his two children, Charles T. and Horace F., one of whom lives in Chicago, Ill.
Killed in the battle of Chancellorsville, being, as he believed he should be,* among the first to fall. Ile gave his watch and money to Woodbury Sanborn to send home to his wife while on the march for the field where he fell. pierced through the head by minie ball or piece of shell. Sergeant Milliken, who stood the next right, says : " Prescott then seemed in good spirits and said to me . give it to them, corporal, we're driving them,' but had scarcely spoken the words before he fell dead by my side. I did not see where he was struck. for the next instant I was hit by a minie ball in my arm."
lle had been to California twice, and was an active, energetic man and a brave soldier. After his death his widow married Samuel Sanders, of Laconia, who is now deceasedl.
EDWARD C. RYAN
Was the son of Edward and Johohanna (Jenney) Ryan, and was born in Ireland, March, 1831.
Married Anner Fennall, of Ireland. August 26, 1848, and their children were John, Edward L .. Daniel W., Patrick S., Mary F., and Anna M. ; all dead but Edward.
In Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, and wounded severely at last battle by minie ball in right thigh and instep and disabling him for further field service (see roster). Hle was in Invalid Corps for a while and discharged at Beaufort, S. C., in 1861.
ARTHUR C. SANBORN.
Here we will introduce to the reader the son of Jonathan W. and Nancy J. (Lamprey) . Sanborn. as he looked with his sombrero on, when he guided the mules for " Uncle Sam," over thirty years ago. He served until the end of the war as regimental and brigade teamster and wagonmaster (see roster), and proved himself reliable and efficient in every time and place.
Ile was born in Gilmanton, January 11, 1843.
He was married to Ellen J. Webster, of Laconia, January 11, 1862, which was the same month and day he was born. The names of his three children are Lena A., Eva B., and Frank W.
Ile is now, as for many years he has been, a respected citizen and successful merchant of Concord.
* See " Presentiments," page 313.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
5-10.
CORP. HORACE PRESCOTT.
B. B. L. 5-S. EDWARD C. RYAN.
B. B. L. 5-6. ARTHUR C. SANBORN.
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DAVID S. SANBORN.
lIere is one of the many brave and good men of Company H who gave their lives for their country. Ile was the son of Luther Sanborn and was born in Meredith, in 1840.
lle married Sarah E. Bond, of Gilford, by whom he had two sons, Frank D. and Joseph B.
lle was in nearly every battle of the regiment until he fell at Cold Harbor. In con- versation with his tent-mate, Almon JJ. Farrar, he said that Cold Harbor would be his last battle ;* and his wife had a remarkable dream about him the night before.t Sanborn also told Collins, of his company, of the inevitable fate that awaited him and to which he seemed to be resigned like a Christian soldier, as he seemed to be. He is seen here as he looked soon after he enlisted.
SERGT. JOHN C. SWEATT.
Son of Daniel and Adeline (Abbott) Sweatt, and born in Quincy, Mass., September 6, 1836. Ilis father was a farmer and he followed the same occupation up to the time of his enlistment, Angust 16, 1862.
Married in November, 1860, to Sarah Jane Twombly. No children.
In Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Cold Harbor, and wounded in each of the two- last named battles in middle finger and right hand. Color bearer from Point Lookout to the battle of Swift Creek. Rejoined regiment at Manchester, Va., where he was discharged on account of wounds. Of this man's record nothing but good can be written.
Ile has been for many years overseer in a hosiery mill at Belmont where he now resides.
WILLIAM THOMAS.
Born in Lunenburg, Vt., April 2, 1822. He was the son of Isaac C. and Hannah (Thomas) Thomas.
Ile married first in 18-19, Lucia Clifford, of Danville, Vt. ; and Martha A. Frisbee, of Kittery, Me., December 20, 1856. One daughter by his first wife.
At the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. He was on detached duty as teamster in ammunition train, but he fought in the ranks at Swift Creek, Drury's Bluff, Port Walthall, and Cold Harbor.
Ile was for many years confined to his house in Laconia by paralysis, of which he died October 26, 1886. Ile was a member of the John L. Perley, Jr., Post. A Laconia paper speaks of him as "a brave soldier, a loyal citizen, and a kind and devoted husband and father. "
LIEUT. JOSEPH S. TILTON.
Son of Stephen and Julia (Batchelder) Tilton, and born in London, June 13, 18IS. Ilis parents soon after removed to Meredith where he received his education.
After the discovery of gold in California, he removed there with his family, being among the early pioneer settlers. While there he took an active part in the politics of San Francisco where, during the turbulent times with the lawless class, he was an officer in the " Vigilants." Returning to New Hampshire in 1857, he engaged in the manufacture of hosiery at Laconia, and continued in the business until 1862, when he stopped his mill to assist in the raising of this regiment, in which he was commissioned first lieutenant of Company HI. Ile commanded his company at the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancel- lorsville, being so badly wounded in the latter that he was obliged to leave the service, resigning October 9, 1863. When his health had sufficiently recovered he again started his mill.
* See page 350.
t See page 349.
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New Hampshire Volunteers.
B. LB. L. 5-S.
DAVID S. SANBORN.
I.R S. L. 5-6. SERGT. JOHN C. SWEATT.
B. A. L. 5-102. WILLIAM THOMAS,
B. B. L. 5-S3. LIEUT. JOSEPH S. TILTOM,
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lle married Betsy, daughter of Joseph Ilam, February 7, 1842. Their children were Nancy, George H., who served three years in the Fourth New Hampshire Regiment, Emma S., and Frank S.
Lieutenant Tilton was a man of most profound and sincere convictions; frank and out spoken in his opinions on all subjects, and when once his mind was made up, was never slow to act. He inherited, to a great extent, the characteristics of his Puritan ances- try and sprung from one of the oldest families in New Hampshire history. llis ancestors were well known men in its earliest days both as officers of the state and in the colonial forces during the French and Indian Wars.
He died November 6, 1879.
GEORGE W. WATSON.
Jacob Watson, who was in the Eighth New Hampshire Volunteers, and Rachel (Swain) Watson were the parents of this soldier, who was born in 1841.
lle was in all battles of the regiment, except Gettysburg. lle was never seriously wounded but had a bullet pass through his equipments at Chancellorsville. He says, " Charles Cate was hit in the side at Chancellorsville. I took his watch. Ile was crying for water and for some one to kill him (see sketch). Sanborn (David S.), of my company, had his side torn out by piece of shell at Cokt Harbor."
lle was married June 16, 1866, to Sarah Philbrick. Their children were Sarah E., Mabel F., Olive A., Minnie MI., Ula 1., George E .. and Clarence B.
lle was for many years a spinner and overseer in one of the mills at Laconia. He is spoken of as one of the best soldiers of the company and few saw more of actual warfare than he.
HENRY L. WILKINSON.
Son of Samuel B. and Eliza (Smith) Wilkinson, and grandson of Benning Wilkinson, of the Revolution, and was born in Holderness, August 1, 1838.
In the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Wapping Heights, with the regiment, and in Fort Fisher, Sugar Loaf, East River, while orderly for General Payne, by whom he was highly recommended for promotion. lle also served as orderly for Gen- erals Butler, Ilinks, and Marston, with great credit. l'pon his discharge, the following words : " Character excellent ; trusty, reliable, and brave," are endorsed by Solon A. Carter, captain and assistant adjutant-general.
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