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NARA 0209 526 Humbolt Tenn. Mch 4" 1878. Anderson Dickson Writes relative to his claim for Bounty, as a member of Co. B. 54" Mass. Rec'd at D.O. Mch 6" 1878 Gibson County Tenn March 4th 1878 Dear Sir it seems that you are not satisfied that I am the person that I represent myself to be I will give you a statement of where I join The army & where I went with the army I join the 54 Mass Regiment in Boston company K When we left there we went to Hilton head South Carolina to reinforce General Stevens The first place that we landed was at a place [[?]] Bouford South Carolina and the next place that we landed was on James Iland we had a fight there on Friday morning & had to leave & we landed on Mars Iland on saturday running & charge on a Fort by the name of Fort Wagner in front of Fort Sumter & I we staid there
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