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STORYTELLER	LOCATION	HOW YOU HEARD	YEAR TOOK PLACE	TELLER'S PLACE OF ORIGIN	WHAT IT'S ABOUT
1.Older Cousin obtained records from Natl Archive 2.oral tradition from Mom	1.Savannah Ga family migrated from Beaufort SC 2. Windsor N.C.	PBS		1.Savannah Ga family migrated from Beaufort SC 2. Windsor N.C.	1.G.G.Gfather Jake Vandross-Civil War Soldier 2.Tuscarora Indians decendent
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Cousin	Fort Monroe, Virginia	A Family History Book	1860s	Chesapeake, Virginia	Colored Civil War Veteran
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Grandmother Tibbs	Ohio-VA and battles in the Civil War 1863-1865	Grandmother and father told of him in USCT	1863	VA in slavery-Ohio where he fought with Union troops	My Great grand father, Charles Howard of Ohio served in the Civil war
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mothers	Lynn, Massachusetts	I learned about this through research..	1860s	New York, New York	Civil War veteran changing his name after the war.
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My Aunt, I suspect that she is the last living direct desendant of a slave	runaway slave from Kentucky, to Civil War Hero and Medal of Honor	My Aunt 100 yrs old related stories to me. She is stll living	2001	My aunt and mother came from Grand Rivers, Kentucky lyon county	My (grand father) was the last medal of honor receipent in the Civil War.
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My Grandmother	Tarrytown, New York	History passed down from family members	1863	New York	Civil War Veteran from New York
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