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11-22-2008, 09:13 AM
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Patriot
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Re: Who Is Your Hero?
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Nice choice with Giuseppe Garibalidi. The 39th NY regiment in the Civil War was nicknamed the Garibalidi guards because they were comprised of Hungarian and Italian men. Most of the Italians had fought under Giuseppe in Italy.
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Author of  eath, Disease, and Life at War: The Civil War Letters of Surgeon James D. Benton, 111th and 98th New York Infantry Regiments, 1862-1865.
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