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| Approximately 1,200 Nevada men were organized into two Union battalions. The troops protected the central overland route and settlements on the frontier from the Indians.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_in_the_American_Civil_War Nevada in the American Civil War], (accessed 27 May 2011]</ref> Some Nevada men also went east and joined Union units there. | | Approximately 1,200 Nevada men were organized into two Union battalions. The troops protected the central overland route and settlements on the frontier from the Indians.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_in_the_American_Civil_War Nevada in the American Civil War], (accessed 27 May 2011]</ref> Some Nevada men also went east and joined Union units there. |
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| The Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_in_the_American_Civil_War Nevada in the American Civil War], has additional information about Nevada and its citizens during the Civil War. | | The Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_in_the_American_Civil_War Nevada in the American Civil War], has additional information about Nevada and its citizens during the Civil War. |