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  1. 05-22-2006 11:21 AM #1
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    Default General Order 143

    On this day in 1863, the War Department issued General Order 143, creating the United States Colored Troops.

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  2. 05-22-2006 11:46 AM #2
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    Well about 30+ of em showed up this weekend at Fort Pocahontus this weekend and gave ole Fitz Lee's boys heck.
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