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Legend: A.G. - Adjutant General; A.A.G. - Assistant Adjutant General; A.A.A.G. - Acting Assistant Adjutant General; A.I.G. - Assistant Inspector General; A.Q.M. - Assistant Quartermaster; BGen - Bridagier General; Bvt - brevet; enl - enlisted; C.S. - Commissary of Subsistence; com - commissioned; d/disease - died of disease; d/prison - died in prison; d/wds - died of wounds; dis/dsb - discharged for disability; dsrtd - deserted; gcm - general court martial; gsw - gunshot wound; I.G. - Inspector General, kia - killed in action; MGen - Major General; m/i - mustered in; m/o - mustered out; mwia - mortally wounded in action; pow - taken prisoner; pr - promoted; prld - paroled; red - reduced (demoted); resgd - resigned; R.Q.M. - Regimental Quartermaster; tr to/from - transferred to/from; U.S.C.A. - U.S. Colored Artillery; U.S.C.I. - U.S. Colored Infantry; U.S. Vols - U. S. Volunteers; V.R.C. - Veterans Reserve Corps; wdd - wounded

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