Sent to Rock Island, IL. Brown (1963), pp. Galvanized Yankees on the Upper Missouri : the face of loyalty / by: Butts, Michele Tucker Published: (2003) The military conquest of the southern plains. After spending a harsh winter on the prairries, in July of 1865, the 1st USVI repelled an attack on Fort Rice by Cheyenne and Lakota Sioux led by Sitting Bull himself. The quality of recruit was not as high as that of the earlier 1st U.S.V.I. (Brown 1963 pp. Still, they were saved from individual trials by General Grenville Dodge, who recruited them into the 5th and 6th U.S. It was the 3rds first taste of combat as a unit. Despite these hardships, they rebuilt trans-continental telegraph lines, restored stagecoach and mail routes between Missouri and California, escorted supply trains along the Santa Fe Trail, and protected wagon trains as they crossed the plains. He returned to the 1st U.S.V.I. More like 3 1/2 stars, but I'll round up. For most of the Galvanized Yankees, there was little left in the South to return home to, though some went back to rebuild their homes and careers, while others decided to remain in the West, with the chance to start new lives on the American frontier. They were Confederate soldiers who were recruited from Union prison camps in the North to serve in the West. The Galvanized Yankees. In August Gen. Patrick E. Connor ordered regimental headquarters and three companies to garrison Camp Douglas, Utah; and two companies west from Fort Rankin, Colorado, to replace the cavalry along the telegraph line west of Fort Laramie. Alas, he died about two months later in a Philadelphia hospital and I would like to find out more about where he would be buried. Approximately 5,600 former Confederate soldiers enlisted in the "United States Volunteers", organized into six regiments of infantry between January 1864 and November 1866. They were a valuable presence at a time and place in which they were needed. Lot of 4 - Vintage The Galvanized Yankees, Third Alabama, Orphan Brigade,Cavalr. He drilled his former Confederates & Unionist Louisiana volunteers into a first-rate regiment. The Premier Online Military History Magazine. Company G, 1st Connecticut Cavalry was commanded by Capt. Their duties involved scouting, wagon train escort and operating against Indians. The 1st U.S. Company D became part of Company E, and Company G part of Company F, participating in the campaign to capture Mobile, Alabama in March and April 1865. Despite this, a number of ethnic regiments quietly drew replacements from the ranks Confederate prisoners, although their recruiting targeted only recent immigrants from those regiments respective old countries. From 1864 to 1866 six regiments of Galvanized Yankees fought Indians, escorted supply trains along the Oregon and Sante Fe trails, accompanied expeditions, guarded surveying parties for the Union Pacific Railroad, and manned lonely outposts on the frontier. The book primarily draws from primary sources and has many appropriate citations. The starving Sioux had had enough and attempted to regain their ancestral lands. ''Galvanized'' Yankees American Civil War 1 min By Crusader1307 The term ''Galvanized Yankees'' was a somewhat derogatory term applied to former Confederate Soldiers, captured and imprisoned by Union Forces. Among these pioneering "Galvanized Yankees" were brothers Samuel Kael Groah and Andrew Jackson Groah. Historian Dee Brown uncovers an exciting episode in American history: During the Civil War, a group of Confederate soldiers opted to assist the Union Army rather than endure the grim conditions of POW camps. [20] In August three companies were sent to Fort Halleck, Idaho Territory (now Wyoming); two companies to Camp Wardwell, Colorado; two companies to Fort Lyon, and Company B to Denver for quartermaster duty. Brown mentioned them several times in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and this book, written in 1963, was the first book length examination of the Galvanized Yankees. They became known as "Galvanized Yankees," for swapping their gray uniforms for blue, and would serve a largely forgotten role in settling what became North Dakota. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. And according to all accounts, the one-time rebels had acquitted themselves well. Had no idea about how POW confederate soldiers from the civil war were recruited to help tame the expanding western prairie. It is your entirely own mature to play a part reviewing habit. I had never heard of the Galvanized Yankees before, so most of it was interesting reading. Save up to 80% versus print by going digital with VitalSource. Brown still does an excellent job with history - quite fascinating. Initially, the Effie Deans were supposed to take the regiment to their new post; however, the Missouri River was low that year, and the 600 men were forced to march a distance of over 270 miles. Six regiments of U.S. Galvanized Yankees was a term from the American Civil War denoting former Confederate prisoners of war who swore allegiance to the United States and joined the Union Army.Approximately 5,600 former Confederate soldiers enlisted in the "United States Volunteers", organized into six regiments of infantry between January 1864 and November 1866. It was not until 1864 that President Lincoln finally endorsed the enlisting of ex-Confederates. Kathy Weiser-Alexander/Legends of America, updated November 2021. About the Book Here is the fascinating and little-known story of the Galvanized Yankees, who stood watch over a nation that they had once sought to destroy. The other seven companies frequently changed stations, posted at some point to Camp Wardwell, Julesburg, and Fort Sedgwick, Colorado; Post Alkali, Fort Cottonwood, Mud Springs, Plum Creek, and Columbus, Nebraska; Fort Wallace, Kansas; and Fort Laramie, Fort Halleck, Fort Caspar, and Sweetwater Station, Territory of Idaho. It looks like you're offline. Lot of 4 - Vintage The Galvanized Yankees, Third Alabama, Orphan Brigade,Cavalr y. [32], Company C of the 4th Regiment Infantry, Delaware Volunteers is claimed to have been recruited in 1862 or 1863 from prisoners at Fort Delaware, but claims have not been substantiated through checks of muster rolls. Galvanized Yankees was a term from the American Civil War denoting former Confederate prisoners of war who swore allegiance to the United States and joined the Union Army. After suffering a number of casualties, the 2nd New Jersey Cavalry responded with a charge in which it took severe casualties, including 22 dead, and lost 80 horses but captured more than 500 prisoners, among whom were Burke and 254 former Union soldiers from Burke's Battalion of the 10th Tennessee. Confederate POWs who swore allegiance to the United States during the American Civil War, Federal regiments composed of "galvanized Yankees", Confederate forces composed of "galvanized Yankees", State volunteer regiments in Confederate service. The term "galvanized" rebels or Yankees was coined by Samuel Bowles, a newspaper reporter, referring to galvanized metal, which turns colors when coated with zinc. The regiment waited at Portsmouth, Virginia, in hopes that more troops could be raised, but calls for men from the west led to its transfer to the frontier at the end of April 1865. This book is about Confederate POWs during the ACW, LOL, who volunteer for frontier duty chasing Indians, Mormons, and the mail in exchange for not dying in a Union prison camp. By 1862, members of the Sioux tribe, who lived on a Minnesota reservation for twenty years, had accumulated many grievances. Your donations help keep MHN afloat. [16], The 3rd U.S.V.I. Efforts were made at first to recruit Irish immigrants in compliance with Seddon's original instructions, but when few complied, native-born Union soldiers were enlisted. They were Confederate soldiers who were recruited from Union prison camps in the North to serve in the West. [2] At least 1,600 former Union prisoners of war enlisted in Confederate service in late 1864 and early 1865, most of them recent German or Irish immigrants who had been drafted into Union regiments. 8, 142143). James R. Straut. Vol. I have a Civil War pension filing for a suspected Carolina ancestor stating his service as E 49 U.S. Volunteer Infantry. Can anyone clarify where he would have been recruited from? Captain Enoch Adams, a commander of troops at Fort Rice, wrote: their whole course and behavior has displayed that unadulterated patriotism was the only motive that urged them on Many have laid down their lives at the beck of disease, some have been murdered by the arrow of the Indian, and with but few exceptions, living or dead, have been true to their trust.. [32][33], The 11th Regiment Cavalry, Ohio Volunteers was originally raised as four companies of the 7th Ohio Cavalry in October 1861. When these gifts were presented, the Colonel was hardly able to speak. The soldiers published a weekly newspaper entitled The Frontier Scout, which served to partially dispel the remoteness of their post. The National Park Service describes the origin of the expression "Galvanized Yankee" in a bulletin published in 1992 for visitors to the Gateway Arch National Park, which was then known as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial: The term "galvanized" is most commonly associated with metal when it is coated with zinc to protect it from corrosion. Regiments containing former Confederates were not trusted to go into battle against their former comrades, and instead were sent to the West as outpost guardians, where they performed frontier duties, including escorting supply trains, rebuilding telegraph lines, and quelling uprisings from regional American Indian tribes, which were sweeping across the Plains. in May and led the small detachment dispatched from Fort Rice to Fort Benton, Montana. She accompanied the regiment up the Missouri River and shared the soldiers hardships on the march. Once on the battlefield, many deserted, surrendered and in some cases mutinied. Despite the varied origins of the 6,000 men who were Galvanized during the war, each had the chance to prove his loyalty to the United States. Following their capture on the battlefields of the Civil War, the prisoners had been offered a reprieve from the purgatory of their internment for a chance to serve the very enemy they had only just recently been fighting. 1900, living in the National Soldiers Home, Washington County, TN. Their requests were denied. It was July 26, 1865 when a force of 3,000 Sioux and Cheyenne descended onto the U.S. Army outpost at Platte Bridge in Wyoming. And theirs is one of the more curious stories of the American Civil War. Burke's Battalion and the 17th Arkansas were sent with a battery of artillery aboard the first train to block the tracks at Egypt Station, a mile west of Aberdeen, Mississippi. Elbert Sidney Dula Co. C, 60th NC Regiment, captured at Missionary Ridge, TN November, 1863. All of the former Confederates in the 1st Connecticut Cavalry were placed into Company G[n 19] and on April 26, 1864, sent to Fort Snelling, Minnesota, also serving at Forts Ridgely and Ripley. [38], Held under strict camp guard, they were sent to Mobile, Alabama while the 10th Tennessee itself advanced to the Battle of Franklin. The regiment mustered out at Fort Leavenworth November 7, 1865. She has authored several articles and has contributed to both Commanded by Lt. Col. Garrett Andrews, Jr., formerly a major on the staff of Maj. Gen. Some 228 prisoners of mostly Irish extraction were enlisted by Col. James A. Mulligan before the War Department banned further recruitment March 15. Together, they formed 1st United States Volunteer Infantry. Francis H. Reichard commanded Battery M. Sentenced by court martial to hard labor, three of the four were summarily executed in 1865 when they tried a second attempt. [1] An additional 800 former Confederates served in volunteer regiments raised by the states, forming ten companies. Gen. Benjamin Grierson. About 200 agreed before top Union commanders ordered a halt to the practice. [10] At the same time, the use of "white-washed Rebels" as a reference came into being among Federal state regiments stationed on the frontier at the time when the 1st U.S.V.I. After suffering grievous casualties early in the war, the 1st Connecticut Cavalry drew replacements from Confederate prisoners being held in Delaware, which it scattered throughout its companies, as did the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery and the 4th Delaware Infantry. under Lt. Cyrus L. Hutchins traveled by steamboat on May 12, 1865, to Fort Benton to control trade between there and another post at the mouth of the Yellowstone River. The Galvanized Yankees por: Brown, Dee Publicado: (1985) The Galvanized Yankees. This is the only book I ever stole from a library. One thing these regiments had to deal with was Cheyenne reaction to the horrendous Sand Creek Massacre, and it's possible that Brown's research of that event inspired his later and more well known book. I published a book on galvanized Confederates in December, 2020, through the University of Tennessee Press that is titled Changing Sides Union Prisoners of War Who Joined the Confederate Army. Approximately 5,600 former Confederate soldiers enlisted in the "United States Volunteers", organised into six regiments of infantry between January 1864 and November 1866. Vol. XLVIII, p. 264) He had been commissioned from the ranks while in Company A, 25th Massachusetts Volunteers. As a result, settlers and missionaries fled from the Minnesota frontier, seeking safety in New Ulm and St. Paul. In August 1864, Grant ordered it to the Department of the Northwest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Little is known about his experiences as a soldier, only that he was a member of Hoke's Brigade of the 54th North Carolina Regiment. Assigned to the District of Eastern Virginia, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, it moved to Norfolk, Virginia, where on orders of General Grant it was relegated to provost duty there, Portsmouth, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The Galvanized Yankees. por: Brown, Dee Alexander Publicado: (1963) The Galvanized Yankees. Historian Dee Brown uncovers an exciting episode in American history: During the Civil War, a group of Confederate soldiers opted to assist the Union Army rather than endure the grim conditions of POW camps. The regiment remained in garrison at Camp Schenck in Baltimore, seeking to raise more troops, assigned to the Cavalry Reserve of the Eighth Corps until officially organized on January 9, 1864. About 600 of them. The regiment would continue to serve on the frontier until November when its surviving members were honourably discharged. All that stood between the raiders and the vital 1,000-foot long river crossing that connected the territories of Oregon and Montana was a detachment of 120 lightly armed troops. Weird times and weirder people. [8][n 3] Due to doubts about their ultimate loyalty, galvanized Yankees in federal service were generally assigned to garrison forts far from the Civil War battlefields or in action against Indians in the west. [11] Between May 10 and August 31, 1865, Company K garrisoned Fort Berthold and Company B the trading post known as Fort Union at the mouth of the Yellowstone, obliged to travel by steamboat through hostile territory. in the middle of guides you could enjoy now is A People Highly Favoured Of God The Nova Scotia Yankees And The American Revolution below. They have cheerfully re-enlisted into the federal service. Worst of all was the uninterrupted immigration of new settlers, which eventually forced the Sioux to give up nearly 900,000 acres of their reservation lands for 30 cents an acre. Yet this was no ordinary U.S. Army outfit. The unit was folded into the U.S. Armys Eighth Corp and sent to Louisiana where it would eventually take part in the Red River campaign and the Union assault on Fort Morgan and the capture of Mobile, Alabama. Another 800 rebel prisoners were absorbed into various state regiments from Northern prison camps. Volunteers reached Fort Rice on October 17, 1864. [return][return]The vast majority of former Confederates made up the 1st -6th U.S. Volunteer Regiments and Brown discusses the actions and activities of each in turn. Unlike the galvanized Yankees who served almost entirely in the far-flung corners of the continent, the Confederates threw their POW recruits right into action against their former comrades. This posed a new problem to both armies since most recruits were still loyal to their original army and would desert at the first opportunity. The War Department soon raised five other galvanized regiments, which garrisoned forts in Arkansas, New Mexico, Nebraska, Montana, Idaho, Kansas, Oregon, Utah and Colorado between 1864 and 1866. We have dispatched from our book depository; items of good condition to over ten million satisfied customers worldwide. Companies I and K were sent to Fort Laramie, and on May 15, 1865, were parceled out in small detachments along 300 miles of the Pacific Telegraph Company line from Laramie to South Pass, Territory of Idaho (now Wyoming). As usual, Dee Brown finds subjects of interest to write about. Yet by the beginning of 1864, with the war dragging on, manpower reserves dwindling and native uprisings breaking out all along the frontier, the War Department in Washington found itself compelled to offer bluecoats and muskets to rebel detainees. Read this book by Dee Brown to find out more about the men who had to make this terrible decision, and the greater moral conundrums they faced when they swore oaths of allegiance and took up arms for their former captors. The acclaimed historian of the American West turns Thank you. The Galvanized Yankees were Federal prisoners who were allowed to enlist in the Federal army to be assigned to fight the Indians in the West rather than having to fight their former compatriots in the East. Dee Browns history of Confederate POWs who volunteered to join the Union Army and head West to protect the Santa Fe trail and the mail routes to California , man the western forts such as Fort Bridger and Fort Laramie, fight the Sioux and Cheyenne and the Mormons and protect against a nascent invasion from Mexico by the Emperor Napoleon . When the native warriors struck the remote outpost, the men of 3rd, along with troopers from the 11th Ohio Cavalry (another unit made up of Confederate POWs), sallied forth to engage the attackers. The battery moved to Fortress Monroe to train, where some members were induced to join the newly created 188th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The Galvanized Yankees is written by Dee Brown and published by Open Road Media. By the time many of the Galvanized regiments reached their western posts, the Civil War had ended. The little known saga of the imprisoned Confederate soldiers who, during the American Civil War, volunteered to join the US Army and fight on the western frontier. Paperback. Publication date 1963 Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Galvanized Yankees belonged to much more than the six volunteer regiments made famous by Dee Brown. In the process the surface color of the metal is altered, but underneath the coating the steel is unchanged. Pennsylvania was the home state of Lincoln's opponent General. By the end of the day, more than 39 of the bluecoats were casualties; 60 native warriors lay dead. The 10th Tennessee Regiment ("Sons of Erin") was organized at. It would have been a bit more reader friendly if it would have been possible to follow a few key individuals and feature them more than the units themselves. Thanks for adding that. Dee Brown relates the little-known story of Confederate prisoners during the American Civil War who switched sides and joined the "United States Volunteer Cavalry". Dimon was eager to test his men in battle, and the unit was sent to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, where they fired a few shots, seized horses and bales of cotton. The experiment of enlisting prisoners became a concern for the U.S. War Department, and policies surrounding this practice continually changed. At least four Confederate units were recruited, including three units of Regulars in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. The Galvanized Yankees Paperback - June 1, 1986 by Dee Brown (Author) 101 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle $0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 3 million more titles $11.99 to buy Hardcover $32.67 4 Used from $29.50 1 Collectible from $250.00 Paperback $22.95 32 Used from $2.10 14 New from $17.19 It's colorful and fascinating. L-R: Samuel Groah and Andrew Groah (Ancestry.com) On April 18, 1861, one day after Virginia voted to secede from the United States, the two Shenandoah Valley natives answered the call to arms. There has not been much written since then so this remains the primary source of information. This is an account of an extraordinary, though often overlooked, group of men who served in unexpected ways at a pivotal moment in the nations history. Apparently it was a pretty successful venture. From there it moved to Fort Riley between May 18 and May 28 to relieve units of the 2nd U.S.V.I. General Grant was opposed to their continued use in the East, saying that it is not right to expose them where, to be taken prisoners, they might surely suffer as deserters. The 1st U.S. Declared a US Navy invalid. Due to doubts of their ultimate loyalty, they were generally assigned to posts far from the Civil War battlefields, often protecting the trails and settlements in the American West. (Galvanized, because the process of galvanization coats the gray surface of steel with a thin layer of bluish zinc though the underlying metal is the same.) The little-known true Civil War story of the Confederate soldiers who served in the Union Army by a #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Companies A, F, G, and I of the 1st U.S.V.I. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 421 pages. 143145, 152, 159, 161. prisoner of war camp at Point Lookout, Maryland, Department of Virginia and North Carolina, 1st Regiment Cavalry, Connecticut Volunteers, 3rd Regiment Cavalry, Maryland Volunteers, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, List of United States Volunteer Civil War units, https://www.nps.gov/ande/learn/historyculture/grant-and-the-prisoner-exchange.htm, "Trading Gray for Blue: Ex-Confederates Hold the Upper Missouri for the Union", Multivolume complete edition of letters to and from Grant, Brooks' Battalion of Foreigners: A story of desperation, mutiny, and bravery, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galvanized_Yankees&oldid=1141739477, Military units and formations of the Union Army, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. [n 29] O'Neill, recovering from wounds received at the Battle of Resaca, appears to have delegated part of the task to a newly appointed lieutenant colonel, Michael Burke. Many if not most of the original 228 Confederate prisoners recruited at Camp Douglas in early 1862 to the Union side were likely from the 10th Tennessee, and this may have been the origin of O'Neill's request to recruit from Union prisoners. On December 28, 1864, at Egypt Station, Mississippi, a Confederate regiment composed of 250 galvanized soldiers threw down their arms and surrendered as Union troops charged them. Assigned to Co. F, 3rd Regiment US Volunteers and sent to Julesburg, CO. 1870 living in Paris, Tx. The first commander after the transfer was 1st Lt. Cyrus L. Hutchins, Worcester, Massachusetts, of the 1st U.S.V.I. (Brown 1963, pp. Volunteers, one of the units of "Galvanized Yankees," or Confederate prisoners who earned their release from prison by volunteering for Western duty. The Galvanized Yankees is an interesting book about US Civil War Confederate soldiers who were offered a chance to take an oath of loyalty to the Union if they would enlist in the army and serve. Dee Brown's history of Confederate POWs who took the oath of allegiance and joined Federal regiments policing the prairie in order to get out of prison. These were the Galvanized Yankees, former soldiers of the Confederate States of America, who had worn gray or butternut before they accepted the blue uniform of the United States Army in exchange for freedom from prison pens where many of them had endured much of the war. Determined to make his family and his mentor proud, Colonel Dimon turned his "Galvanized Yankees" into a first-rate regiment. Introduction Galvanized Yankees was a term from the American Civil War denoting former Confederate prisoners of war who swore allegiance to the United States and joined the Union Army. It is an interesting story, with a wide variety of quality and problems that faced them. Those Confederates that took the oath and enlisted in the Union service were labeled "galvanized Yankees," by their former comrades. Confined to Ft. Mifflin, PA. December, 1863, took the Oath of Allegiance and joined the US Marine Corps. Life at Fort Rice proved to be a challenge, as the post had not been fully completed and its buildings being made of cottonwood, a very inferior material. Also, a must read is, The Galvanized Yankees by Dee Brown. was the most traveled of the "galvanized Yankee" units in its 20 months of service on the plains, operating in five districts and at every post in Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas; and seeing considerable skirmishing. From the bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, The Galvanized Yankees is an accurate, interesting, and sometimes thrilling account of an unusual group of men [and] a fresh and informative study of the Old West in transition from frontier to stable society (The New York Times Book Review). The majority of prisoners who enlisted came from Rock Island, Alton, Camp Douglas, his journey started in feb 1862 when he enlisted in the 25th arkansas infantry in st charles,ar. [4][n 1] The ban continued until 1863, except for a few enlistments of foreign-born Confederates into largely ethnic regiments. It traveled by rail to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on May 1011, 1865, the only regiment of "galvanized Yankees" to arrive on the frontier intact and at full strength, 976 officers and men. I am currently working on a book on galvanized Yankees that I hope to publish through the same press. Organized as Burke's Battalion, 10th Tennessee, they were made part of an ad hoc defense force assembled by Lt. Col. William W. Wier and sent by train towards Tupelo, Mississippi, to repel a raid along the Mobile and Ohio Railroad by two brigades of Union cavalry under the command of Brig. The Galvanized Yankees is an interesting book about US Civil War Confederate soldiers who were offered a chance to take an oath of loyalty to the Union if they would enlist in the army and serve on the western frontier. The Galvanized Yankees were ordered westward. Some stories had potential but just didn't seem to go anywhere. In the case of the 4th USVI, more than a tenth of its recruits slipped away from the regiment before it even arrived at its first frontier outpost. Still, many Confederates considered these men to be traitors. The recommendation for clemency was resisted by the Judge Advocate General's Office in Washington, D.C., which advocated that the former Union soldiers be tried for desertion, citing testimony from Union officers at Egypt Station that they resisted at the battle until their ammunition was exhausted. The 1st U.S.V.I. Condition Used Edition First Edition Thus (1963); unstated. Does anyone have information on these galvanized yankees ? The Indians could shoot their arrows at a much faster rate. General Benjamin Butler's jurisdiction included Point Lookout, and he advised Stanton that more prisoners could be recruited for the Army than the Navy. [34][35], Confederate recruitment of Union prisoners of war was authorized by Confederate Secretary of War James A. Seddon on September 30, 1864, after inquires from Gen. Braxton Bragg to recruit foreign-born prisoners. Also mentioned is the brief effort that the Confederates made to recruit from Union Soldiers held in POW camps in the South. He also explains how and why this happened. While awaiting supplies, the battalion joined in pursuit of Quantrill's Raiders following the Lawrence Massacre. Seddon had as early as March 1863 granted discretionary permission to commanders including Gen. John Pemberton to recruit prisoners, but few if any, were actually enlisted. From the bestselling author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, The Galvanized Yankees is "an accurate, interesting, and sometimes thrilling account of an unusual group of men [and] a fresh and. Members of the regiment were present as guards at the signing of the Little Arkansas Treaty. 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