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 | | The 161st didn't fight in any of the famous eastern battles, but along the Mississippi River at places that are now mostly forgotten. |
 | | NOTE: Company E was from all across the district, men from Hornellsville in Steuben Co, Hedtor in Schuyler Co, and Binghamton in Broome Co. Typhoid was a common cause of death. |
 | | On the evening of 8 April 1864, following the Battle of Sabine Cross Roads, and with less than 13,000 men Banks formed a double line; the first, of the 19th Corps (W.H. Emory), along a thickly wooded slope, half a mile west of Pleasant Hill; the second, of A.J. Smith's command (16th Corps). |
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