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Drilling for War at Idyllic Kalorama Having enlisted during the first great wave of patriotic fervor after Lincoln’s post-Sumter call for volunteers and having drilled in Elmira, New York for over a month, the 19th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment … Continue reading

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