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A Geneseo Gunner on the Virginia Peninsula

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Edward S. Alexander

I have had difficulty connecting my hometown to the Virginia battlefields I primarily research. Geneseo, Illinois sent its fair share of soldiers to the western theater but had no formal units in the east. While researching a blog article two … Continue reading →

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