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The excerpt on the .pdf (clink link on name below) is from pp.149-150 of my book. The photo was taken by Samantha Knox, whose Boy Scout son Kyle (Life Scout, Jacksonville Troop 113) is placing a flag at the grave of William in Jacksonville East cemetery in Jacksonville, IL. William Putnam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eaaf0f577cf332c9cddda54/1609818498782-OUL7JV501NEK770UNPWT/AB+Leeper+from+115th+book.jpg Illinois Asylum Research - Civil War Page - “General” A.B. Leeper The man who fired the last shot at the battle of Chickamauga His name was Alfred, and he settled in Buckeye Prairie, Illinois, near Taylorville. He enlisted as a private, but was soon promoted as a Sargent, according to the History of the 115th Regiment, Illinois Infantry. Company A was mustered in Taylorville, and “it was made up of the sturdy farmers of Christian County.” The excerpt on the .pdf (clink link on name below) is from pp.152-154 of my book. 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