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A Saintly Civil War Veteran: Brother Joseph Dutton

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Frank Jastrzembski

By the age of 40, former Union lieutenant Ira Barnes Dutton felt disgusted with how he had spent most of his twenties and thirties in sin. To atone for these misdeeds, he decided to devote his remaining years to helping … Continue reading →

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