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Washington Battalion Louisiana Artillery
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[Note: Contains a few descriptions of ANV engagements]
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pp. 43-44. Per.
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9 (1891): pp. 65-71. E483.7.S76v19.
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A Soldier's Story of the War Including the Marches and Battles of the Washington Artillery and Other
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Text reprinted in Napier Bartlett, Military Record of Louisiana... (Baton Rouge: LSU, 1964; E565.4B293).
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