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Grover Cleveland: “He never did a day's service so far as his name appears, and the muster-out roll of his company reports him as having…”

On the recordJune 22, 1886
He never did a day's service so far as his name appears, and the muster-out roll of his company reports him as having deserted at Camp Cameron, Pa., November 14, 1861.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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