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Company G-Sergeants, C. C. Cornee, William Warring, Austin M. Ilorr, How- ard Roseboom, Eaton A. Sikes; corporals, George C. Dempsey, John R. Fitzgerald, F. M. Wise, Don A. Freeman, M. S. B. Pringle, William McKendrey, Frank Bow- hall. James MeQuinn; musicians, Henry Lucas, Henry Lawrence; wagoner, Fred S. Gillette.
Company H-Sergeants, Warren S. Smith, Orrin D. Staplin, Charles Clark, Charles W. Sloat, Brayton C. Bailey ; corporals, John Cushman, Avery Ames, George W. Clark, Nelson Switzer, Vincent D. Hart, W. W. Starkweather, Joseph Denny, John P. Cole ; musician, Benjamin C. Near: wagoner, Thomas Basinger.
Company I -- Sergeants, A. W. Locklin, Frank D. Carter, Ebenezer Calhoun, John 1. Woodworth, John Hawkins; corporals, Samuel II. Oberly, Horace Cooley, An- drew Smith, James G. Files, Jay 11. Wetmore, Isaac La Clere, Lewis Morrow, Wil- lard Tripp; wagoner, Schofield Harrington ; fifer, W. b. Johnson ; drummer, George Olney.
Company K-Sergeants, Isaac P. Wodell, Alba H. Johnson, Joshua Miles, Martin
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L. Cole, William F. Flansburgh; corporals, C. H. Sprague, C. B. Maxson, James McIntyre, «Hiram Wallace, O. Ramsdell, Francis Miller, Oliver P. Clark, Charles H. Davis; musicians, Byron A. Brewster, Lafayette Hewitt; wagoner, Isaac Parker.
The foregoing list of company officers shows the personnel of that department at or about the time the regiment was mustered into ser- vice, but during later months many changes were made among the commanding officers, and especially after the consolidation of the 94th and 105th regiments in March, 1863. In the formation of the several companies there seems to have been no attempt to enlist the men by towns, but just as the recruits chose they were permitted to join what- ever company they preferred; and it cannot be said that any one town (except perhaps Watertown, Co. C) furnished an entire company in the command. This was perhaps fortunate, as the 24th was one of the hard fighting regiments for which this state was famous, and some of its companies were subjected to extraordinary losses in battle, and as the men were chosen promiscuously from the county no one town was subjected to unusual loss.
The 94th, well organized and comparatively we I drilled, broke camp at the harbor March 18, 1862, and marched through the snow to Water- town, where the men embarked on cars for New York; and from that time to the end of its service the regiment was destined to more than its natural share of adventure. At Tivoli the train left the track and plunged into the Hudson River, but without more serious disaster than the loss of several officers' horses. The men stayed in New York about two days, camping in the barracks in City Hall park, and then pro- ceeded to Washington and camped on Meridian hill, where a severely cold rain and filthy quarters caused some of the inexperienced youths to think seriously of home. The regiment's first move toward the front was down the Potomac to Acqnia Creek, where it was attached to the 1st brigade, 2d division, department of the Rappahannock, and took part in Pope's Virginia campaign, having a share of the fighting and the serious losses of that memorable occasion; but the campaign proved an excellent school for our Jefferson county regiment, as was shown by its gallant service on later and still more important occasions. However, on these scenes we cannot dwell, but for the services of the regiment must refer the reader to the appended list of battles.
After the Virginia campaign the 94th was attached to the 1st corps, army of the Potomac, and engaged in general service and provost guard duty until December, 1863, when it was assigned to the 8th
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corps. In May, 1861, it was transferred to the 5th corps and served with that command throughout the remaining period of its term of en- listment. The services of the regiment in the field were indeed ar- duous and severe, and its battle record is almost identical with that of the famous army of the Potomac. The last campaign, which ended at Appomattox, closed the story of one of the best regiments in the Union army. Military records show that the 94th lost about 125 men killed in battle or died of wounds received in action, while more than 250 died from disease and causes attributable to army life. The most sanguin- ary battles in which it took part were the Rappahannock campaign, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Weldon Road and White Oak Ridge. How- ever, as the best evidence of this part of its services, recourse may be had to the list of engagements in which it participated, viz. :
1862-Cedar Mountain, Va., Aug. 9; Gen. Pope's campaign, Aug. 16-Sept. 2; Rap- pahannock river, Aug. 21; Rappahannock Station. Aug. 23; Thoroughfare Gap. Aug. OS; second Bull Run, Aug. 30; Little river turnpike, Sept. 1; South Mountain, Sept. 144; Antietam, Sept. 17; Williamsport, Md., Sept. 19-20; Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 11-15. 1863-Pollack's Mill creek, April 29-May 2; Chancellorsville, May 2-3; Get- tysburg, Pa., July 1-3; near llagerstown, Md., July 12-13; Mine Run campaign. Nov. 26-Dec. 2. 1864-Tolopotomoy, May 27-31; Cold Harbor, June 1-12; White Oak Swamp, June 13; before Petersburg, June 16; assault of Petersburg, June 16- 19; Weldon Road, Aug. 18-22; Hicksford raid, Dec. 6-11. 1865-Hatcher's Run. Feb. 5-7; Appomattox campaign, March 28-April 9; White Oak Ridge, March 29 31; Five Forks, April 1; fall of Petersburg, April 2; Appomattox Court House, April 9.
One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Infantry-On June 18, 1864, the president called for 500,000 additional troops. At that time New York had in service more than 350,000 men, yet the quota of the state under the call was a little more than 21,500 men, and it required not only patriotism but earnest work to recruit new regiments from the avail- able material left on the rolls in the hands of the several provost mar- shals. Notwithstanding all this and and the other embarrassments of the period, the loyal men of Watertown and other towns undertook to raise still another regiment in the county. Prominently connected with the movement was a eitizens' committee, comprising, among others, James F. Starbuck, E. B. Wynn, A. M. Farwell, W. V. V. Rosa, Dr. E. S. Lansing and L. J. Bigelow. Dr. Lansing secured from Governor Seymour the requisite authority, and delegated a part of his power to E. Jay Marsh, Lansing Snell, Henry J. Welch, J. D. MeWayne, A. D. Sternberg, Richard McMullin, D. B. Rood, and others, all loyal and
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patriotic citizens. The work of recruiting was pushed with such energy that in less than one month from the time it was begun the 186th reg- iment of volunteer infantry was mustered into service for one year. With the exception of about 300 men the entire strength of the com- mand was found in this county.
The companies were recruited chiefly as follows: A at Wilna, Har- risburg. Croghan and Champion; B at Sackets Harbor; C at Adams. Lorraine, Worth and in Richmond county: E at Cape Vincent, Alex- andria and Orleans: D at Clayton, Philadelphia, Pinckney, Rutland, Theresa and in Richmond county; Fat Leyden, New Bremen, West Turin, Pinckney, Croghan and Denmark; G at Albany, Watertown, Tarrytown. Plattsburgh, New York city. Brooklyn, Herkimer and Graysville; H at Champion, Watertown, Sackets Harbor, Wilna, Hounsfield, Brownville and Montague; I at Sackets Harbor, Pamelia. Brownville, Adams, Hounsfield, Worth, Watertown, Lorraine and Richmond; K at Watertown.
The regiment was rendezvoused and drilled preparatory for service while in camp at Sackets Harbor, but brief indeed was the stay there after it was sufficiently strong to go to the front. The composition of the field and staff at that time. and throughout the period of its service was as follows :
Bradley Winslow, colonel; mustered out with regiment. E. J. Marsh, lieutenant- colonel: mustered out with regiment. Abram D. Sternberg, major; mustered out with regiment. Andrew J. Field, adjutant; discharged Dec. 19, 1864. Luther MI. Marsh, adjutant : mustered out with regiment. Calvin Timmerman, quartermaster ; mustered out with regiment. William C. Bailey, surgeon ; mustered out with regi- ment. Eber S. Carlisle, assistant surgeon; discharged Feb. 17, 1865. James C. Coleman, assistant surgeon ; mustered out with regiment. James H. Shaw, assist- ant surgeon ; discharged Feb. 17, 1865. John H. Burnett, chaplain ; discharged Jan. 5, 1865. Lansing Snell, chaplain ; not mustered, declined.
Company officers .- Captains, Lansing Suell, J. D. McWayne, Judson P. Legg, Edwin Swan, Henry Yates. R. R. McMullin, Charles D. Squires, George E. Ferris. William R. Wallace, Daniel B. Rood, K. W. Brown, John M. Reynolds, Huxham P. Bates. First lieutenants, W. W. Gleason, C. J. Edwards, B. B. Brown, A. S. Phil- lips. C. N. Phelps, William K. Peck, James A. Taylor, Amos Morse, Edward E. Jones, James Matthews, W. P. Herring. Second lieutenants. Walter P. Marsh, Walsteen Failing. E. McComber. Delos Staplin, H. C. Grunett, Alexander Ladd, C. C. Robertson, H. W. Brown, O. L. Cutler, J. W. Bartlett, James G. Horr.
On Sept. 28, 1864, the 186th broke camp at Sackets Harbor, or Mad- ison barracks, and proceeded by rail from Watertown direct to Castle Garden, thence two days later by boat to City Point, Va. Here it was
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attached to the 2d brigade, 2d division, 9th corps, with the army ac- tively operating in Virginia. The regiment participated in but few engagements, and in the Appomattox campaign of March and April, 1865, its severest losses were suffered. During the period of its service it lost a total of eighty eight men, of whom thirty-three were killed in action, fifteen died of wounds, while sickness and disease contracted in service cost the command forty more men. The battles in which the 186th took part were as follows:
Before Petersburg, Oct. 1, 1861 April 2, 1865; llatcher's Run, Oct. 27-28, 1861; Fort Stedman, March 25, 1865; Appomattox campaign, March 28-April 8, 1865; fall of Petersburg, April 2, 1865.
One Hundred and Ninety-third Infantry .- On Jan. 21, 1865, Col. John Van Patten received authority to recruit this regiment. It was organ- ized at Albany and was comprised of recruits from many counties who were ready for service but not then assigned. In Company G were about twenty-five men eredited to Cape Vincent, although thirteen towns in various parts of the state contributed to the company, Com- pany H was recruited at Watertown and Auburn, nearly seventy of the men being from Jefferson's county seat.
The regiment left the state by detachments in March and April, 1865, and served in the 3d brigade, 3d division, army of the Shenandoah, from March 18, 1865, to July following, and then in the district of West Virginia, middle department, to the end of its term of enlistment, or the close of the war. From all causes the 193d lost twenty-five men.
The Eighteenth Cavalry .- Although Jefferson county had contributed to the organization of several cavalry regiments previous to the 18th, the latter was the first command in this arm of the service in which it was represented by a fair contingent of men, the aggregate being something more than 100, chiefly in Companies H and L, with a few in two others.
On May 11, 1863, Col. James J. Byrne was authorized to recruit a regiment, for which the name " Corning Light Infantry " was proposed, but on June 24 the designation "Infantry " was changed to "Cavalry." The regiment was organized in New York city during the summer and fall of 1863, for a service of three years. The companies were mustered in as they were formed, between July 18, 1863, and January, 1864. They were recruited generally throughout the state, but those in which were Jefferson county volunteers were H, recruited in New York city, Cazenovia and Watertown; I, at New York city, Albany. 20
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Cape Vincent and Buffalo; K at New York, Alexandria and Cape Vin- cent: and L and MI at Alexandria, Albany, Columbia, Massena, Man- heim, Pamelia, Watertown and Winfield. Company H, which had about sixty Jefferson county men, left for the front Oct. 23, 1863; I and K on Dec. 13, and L and M in January, 1864, and served in the defenses of Washington, in the 22d corps, until Feb. 22, 1864, when the command was transferred to the department of the Gulf, finishing its long and noble career in the 1st brigade, 2d division, military divis- ion of western Mississippi and Texas. Commanded by Col. Byrne, the 18th was honorably discharged and mustered out May 31, 1866, at Vic. toria, Texas, having lost during the period of its service a total of 219 men, of whom eleven died in the enemy's hands.
In the organization of the 18th this county appears not to have been represented on the field and staff, but of Co. H Warren S. Smith was captain, John H. Kiets, 1st, and Albert Cummings, 2d lieutenant. Joseph H. Sampson was captain of Co. L. In this company were about twenty-five Jefferson volunteers.
The first military service of the regiment was performed in New York city during the period of the draft, after which it proceeded to Washington, and thence to the extreme south. From March 10 to May 22, 1864, the 18th took part in the Red river campaign, during which it participated in no less than twenty-six engagements and skir- mishes. Later on in the summer the regiment fought eight more bat- tles in Louisiana and Texas.
The Twentieth Cavalry .- June 19, 1863, Col. Newton B. Lord re- ceived authority to recruit a regiment of cavalry in the state. This was done during the summer and fall of that year, and on Oct. & the numerical designation was given, although in the service the command was perhaps best known as the " Mcclellan Cavalry." In its composi- tion the counties of Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Oswego, Onondaga and Albany contributed men, the greatest contingent, however, being from this county, which was also generously represented on the field and staff. The regiment was organized and rendezvoused at Sackets Harbor, and there mustered into service for three years during the month of September, 1863.
The companies were recruited chiefly as follows: A at Sackets Har- bor, Champion, Denmark, Pinckney and Wilna; B at Sackets Harbor, Brownville, Clayton, Dexter, Lyme, Philadelphia, Orwell and Water- town: C at Antwerp, Alexandria, Le Ray, Theresa and Watertown;
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D) at Cape Vincent, Clayton, Ellisburgh, Mannsville, La Fargeville, Sackets Harbor and Watertown; E at Champion, Diana, Croghan and Wilna; F at Copenhagen, Redwood and Syracuse; G at Albany, Cape Vincent, Evans Mills, Rome, Syracuse and Watertown; 11 at Antwerp, De Kalb, Edwards, Fowler and Gouverneur; 1 at Cape Vincent, Oswe- go, Rome, Sackets Harbor, Syraense and in St. Lawrence county; K at Albany, Sandy Creek, Sackets Harbor, Wilna and Watertown; L at Norwich, Oswego, Penn Yan, Sackets Harbor and Syracuse; and M at Saekets Harbor, Albany, Herkimer, Norwich, Mannsville, Oswego, Rome, Theresa and Watertown. From this it may be seen that every company in the regiment was represented by volunteers from the county, and that the strength of the command was from this region, The reg- imental officers were as follows:
Newton B. Lord, colonel; resigned March 23, 1865. David M. Evans, colonel, mustered out with regiment July 31, 1865. David M. Evans, lieutenant-colonel ; pro- moted colonel April 5, 1865. Jacob S. Gates, lieutenant-colonel ; mustered out with regiment. Charles F. Smith, major; resigned March 9, 1865. John G. Cudworth, major; not mustered, John Bower Preston, major; resigned July 8, 1865. Hiram Il. Carpenter, major; not mustered. Jacob S. Gates, major; promoted lieutenant- colonel April 5, 1865. John O'Hara, major; resigned July 10, 1865. Patrick Fitz- patrick. major; not mustered. Michael J. Connelly, adjutant; promoted captain Jan. 13, 1865. Seth E. Griffin, adjutant; promoted captain May 51, 1865. Albert V. Hoar, adjutant ; mustered out with regiment. John Hardie, adjutant ; not mus- tered. Charles E. Zimmerman, quartermaster ; resigned May 25, 1865. Randall D. C. Pollard, quartermaster : not mustered. Hiram H. Carpenter, commissary ; mus- tered out with regiment. William A. Madill, surgeon ; mustered out with regiment. Morris M. Carter, assistant surgeon ; promoted surgeon 100th Inf., March 20. 1865. Edward C. Fox, assistant surgeon ; not mustered. Asa P. Knappen, assistant sur- geon ; not mustered. Charles Cartin, assistant surgeon; not mustered. Daniel C. Hickey, assistant surgeon ; mustered out with regiment. Jedediah Winslow, chap- lain ; mustered out with regiment.
Company officers. 1-Company A, Charles F. Smith, captain; Frederick M. Leon- ard (resigned May 23, 1865), 1st lieutenant. Company B, John O'Hara (promoted major April 22, 1865), captain. Company C, John G. Cudworth, captain. Company 1), Jacob S. Gates, captain. Company E, Norris M. Carter (appointed assistant sur- geon, Oct. 16, 1-63), captain. Company F, Hiram II. Carpenter, captain ; Luther Lee, junior, 2d lieutenant. Company G, Henry C. Chittenden (dismissed Jan. 14, 1864), captain ; Thomas I1. Butler, 2d lieutenant. Company 1I, John Bower Preston, captain ; James MI. Spencer, 2d lieutenant. Company I, J. J. Carroll, captam. Com- pany K. S. L. Bridgeford (discharged June 12, 1865), captain. Company L, J. Floyd
) When the names of all commissioned company officers are not given, the reader will under- stand that either the position was not filled at the time of organization, or that this county de! not furnish the officers.
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Thompson (clischarged July 5, 1864), captain. Company M, Frederick Stewart (dis- missed June 14, 1865), captain.
From state records it is also learned that during the period of service other officers than those mentioned held captain's commissions, although the imperfect character of the adjutant-general's report makes it im - possible to definitely determine to which company each officer belonged. They were:
Seth E. Griffin, William McCrea (not mustered), Wayland F. Ford, Patrick Fitz- patrick, Benjamin C. Budd, William Reynolds, William F. Ryther, Thomas H. Butler, James Spencer, jr., John D). Lee, John J. Loonie, William Sage, J. Casse, Michael J. Connelly, Albert V. llorr.
The 20th left the state for the front Sept. 30, 1863, and in October was annexed to the 22d corps. Its actual service was not specially severe, as the losses aggregated only 130 men, of whom 123 died from disease and like causes, and six were killed in battle. Fifteen enlisted men died in the hands of the enemy. Much of the time the regiment performed detached duty, Co. F. being stationed at Portsmouth, Va., in October, 1863, and all the men at the same place in November fol- lowing, in the department of Virginia.
In January, 1864, it was assigned to Heckman's division, 18th corps, and during that year served chiefly in the defenses of Portsmouth, in the district of East Virginia, also in the department of Virginia and North Carolina. In December it was transferred to the 1st brigade, Kautz's disvision of cavalry, army of the James. In March, 1865, Co. F was ordered to Fort Powhattan; Co. G to Mckenzie's division of cavalry, and Co. I to the provisional and 10th corps. In the meantime Co. D had been stationed at Fort Pocahontas, in the defenses of Ber- muda Hundred. In this manner the regiment did duty much of the period of its service. It was honorably discharged and mustered out of service under Col. David M. Evans, July 31, 1865, Cos. E and H at Fortress Monroe, and the other companies at Manchester, Va. The regiment, or portions of it, took part in the following engagements :
1864-Smithfield, Va., Feb. 1; Suffolk, Feb. 20; Carrituck, April 23; Chuckatuck, Jnne 6; Wood's Mills IJill, June 24; South Quay, July 3; Winton, N. C., July 29; Guiam's Ford, Aug. 12; Jamestown Island, Va., Sept. 3; Murfree's Depot, Oct. 16; before Petersburg and Richmond, Dec., 1864, to April 2, 1865. 1865 -- Darbytown road, Jan. 13; campaign of the Carolinas, March 1-26; fall of Petersburg, April 2; Deep Creek, April 3-4; Rice's Station, April 6; Burke's Station, April 7; Appomattox C. H., April 9.
The First Artillery (Light; veteran) .- This regiment was organized
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at Elmira to serve three years, and received its numerical designation Oct. 16, 1861. Of the twelve batteries comprising the regiment Jeffer- son county furnished one entire and parts of two others, of each of which a brief mention may be made.
Battery C, Captain John W. Tamblin, was recruited chiefly in the towns of Watertown, Le Ray, Wilna, Philadelphia, Alexandria, Rut- land and Champion, and was mustered into the U. S. service Sept. 6, 1861. It began service at and near Washington in November of that year ; was in the artillery reserve, army of the Potomac, from February, 1862; in the military district of Washington from April, 1862; in the reserve corps, army of Virginia, from July 2, 1862; in the defenses of the capital from August, 1862; in the 3d division, 5th corps, A. of P., from September, 1862; in the artillery brigade, same corps, from May, 1863; in the 3d brigade, artillery reserve, A. of P., from April, 18644; in the artillery brigade, 5th corps, A. of P., from May 16, 1861; and in the artillery reserve, A. of P .. attached to the 9th corps, after January, 1865. The battery was discharged and mustered out of service, under Capt. David F. Ritchie, at Elmira, June 17, 1865.
The commissioned officers of the battery were John W. Tamblin, captain; Almont Barnes, Ist lieutenant, and William S. Cooper, 2d lientenant. This company left the county full one hundred strong.
Battery D, Capt. Thomas W. Osborn, was recruited at Watertown, Gouverneur, Russell, Antwerp, Cape Vincent, Diana, Stone's Mills, Pitcairn and Richville, and was mustered in the U. S. service at El- mira, Sept 6, 1861. In June, 1862, a part of Battery A was consoli- dlated with D. Captain Osborn's battery served at and about the national capital during the winter of 1862-3, and in March following was assigned to Hooker's division, 3d corps, A. of P., but in June was placed in the 2d division of the 3d corps; was in the artillery brigade from July, 1862; in the 1st division, 9th corps, from December, 1862; the ed division, 3d corps, from February, 1863; the artillery brigade, 3d corps, from May, 1863; the artillery reserve, A. of P., from March, 1864; and in the artillery brigade of the 5th corps from May, 1864. It was mustered out and discharged, under Capt. James B. Hazelton, at Elmira, June 16, 1865.
Battery D is credited with having participated in the battles at Yorktown, Williams- burg, Seven Pines, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Glendale, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station. Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Tolopotomoy, Bethesda Church, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad and Chapel House.
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Batttery H, Capt. Joseph Spratt, was raised chiefly through the zeal of its commanding officer, in Watertown and vicinity, and also received a number of recruits from the vicinity of Lowville. It was mustered into the U. S. service at Elmira, Oct. 10, 1861, and in June, 1862, re- ceived Lieutenant Ritchie and a number of men from Battery A by transfer. Its service in the field was at and near Washington from November, 1861; in Casey's division, 4th corps, A. of P., from March, 1862: at Gloucester Point, Va., in 4th corps, from August, 1862; at Yorktown, department of Virginia, 4th corps, from September, 1862; at Washington, in 22d corps, from July, 1863; in the artillery brigade, Ist corps, A. of P. from September, 1863; and in the artillery brigade, 5th corps, from March, 1864. It was discharged and mustered out at Elmira, under Capt. Charles E. Mink, June 19, 1865. In Battery H were about sixty-five men from Jefferson county.
The company is credited with participation in the engagements at Yorktown, Fair Oaks, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna. Tolopotomoy, Bethesda Church, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Peeble's Farm and Hatcher's Run.
The Second Artillery ( Heavy; veteran). - On the 24th of July, 1861, Col. John W. Latson received authority from the war department to recruit a regiment of artillery, of which the National Union Rangers formed a part; but soon afterward Col. Jeremiah Palmer received like permission from the governor of this state, upon which Colonel Latson's authority was revoked. The two partially formed organiza- tions were then consolidated and formed eight companies. On the 18th of October, 1861, the new command was designated the Second regiment of artillery. On Dec. 5 following the Morgan and Flushing artillery were assigned to the Second, and the regimental organization thus became complete. The regiment was rendezvoused at Staten Island, and was there mustered into service for three years.
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