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54th Georgia Infantry
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David Allen
David Allen - Private |
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He was born Kingsbury, NY, 1 Dec 1809 to Seth Allen & Lucy (King) Allen, Married Emeline Prudence Parker 20 Nov 1839, in Syracuse, NY. They moved to Bibb Co., Georgia in 1839 and had 6 daughters. He enlisted as Private, 13 Jun 1863, died 2 Aug 1864. He is my GGG Uncle.
Contact Name: William AllenDate Added: 1/20/2008
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Joseph F Follendore
Joseph F Follendore - Private |
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Joseph was born in Germany He enlisted in Capt T.W. Brantley's Co A Ga Vols in April of 1862. This along with other units became Co A 54th Ga Infantry. Assigned to Dept of Georgia, South Carolina & Florida. In later part of the war it was attached to the Army of Tennessee.
He mustered 22 Nov 1862 at Macon Ga. His first battle was at Grimball's Landing on James Island, Charleston. Atlanta Campaign 1864, New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta siege, Jonesboro, Ga, Franklin Tenn, Nashville, Carolina Campaign, Bentonville. 20 Feb. 1865 finds in the Floyds House & Ocmulgee Hospital in Macon Ga with a bad back from lifting seige artillery and a double Inguinal Hernia. He is attached to Smith's and Cleburn's Division. He is granted a sick furlough in late Feb 1865. We are related by a distant marriage.
Contact Name: phillip thomasHe mustered 22 Nov 1862 at Macon Ga. His first battle was at Grimball's Landing on James Island, Charleston. Atlanta Campaign 1864, New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta siege, Jonesboro, Ga, Franklin Tenn, Nashville, Carolina Campaign, Bentonville. 20 Feb. 1865 finds in the Floyds House & Ocmulgee Hospital in Macon Ga with a bad back from lifting seige artillery and a double Inguinal Hernia. He is attached to Smith's and Cleburn's Division. He is granted a sick furlough in late Feb 1865. We are related by a distant marriage.
Date Added: 5/4/2020
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John Herrington
John Herrington - Private |
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Contact Name: James HerringtonDate Added: 5/26/2007
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Moses J Tucker
Moses J Tucker - Private |
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Enlisted as a private Co C, 1st Independent Battalion GA State Troops on 17 oct 1861. Mustered out Apr 1862. He next enlisted as a private on 3 May 1862 at Macon, GA in Co A 54th GA Infantry.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonDate Added: 11/28/2008
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Stephen Tucker
Stephen Tucker - Private |
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Enlisted on 12 Mar 1863 at Macon.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonDate Added: 1/16/2009
| Company A | |
Yelvington Thaxton Urquhart
Yelvington Thaxton Urquhart - Asst Surgeon |
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Contact Name: perry bennettDate Added: 9/12/2009
| Company B | |
Joseph Deen
Joseph Deen - Private |
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Enlisted into Co.'B', wounded on train wreck carrying troops from Tenn. to Columbus, Ga., left thigh crushed.
Contact Name: Randy PeacockDate Added: 11/14/2005
| Company B | |
Thomas Deen
Thomas Deen - Private |
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Enlisted 4/28/1862 into Co. 'B', no futher record listed.
Contact Name: Randy PeacockDate Added: 11/14/2005
| Company B | |
Henry Clay Harris
Henry Clay Harris - Private |
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Originally enlisted as a Private in Company B, 4th Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters. The 4th Batt'n SS was consolidated into the 54th infantry in 1865. Clay remained in Company B after the consolidation.
Contact Name: Vance HarrisContact Homepage: www.theharrislegacy.com
Date Added: 5/5/2007
| Company B | |
George Herndon
George Herndon - Private |
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Contact Name: Cheri Rodgers AmarnaDate Added: 1/2/2012
| Company B | |
George W Moody
George W Moody - Captain |
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Any Photos you can find let me know
Contact Name: Shane ForresterDate Added: 10/7/2008
| Company B | |
Isham C Ogden
Isham C Ogden - Corporal |
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From Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search. Also, CSA Georgia Records, Vol. 5, pg. 309.
Contact Name: Glenn OgdenDate Added: 6/1/2009
| Company B | |
Issac Ogden
Issac Ogden - Private |
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From Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search. Also, CSA Georgia Records, Vol. 5, pg. 309.
Contact Name: Glenn OgdenDate Added: 6/1/2009
| Company B | |
John R. Ogden
John R. Ogden - Private |
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From Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Search. Also, CSA Georgia Records, Vol. 5, pg. 309.
Contact Name: Glenn OgdenDate Added: 6/1/2009
| Company C | |
B. R. Graham
B. R. Graham - Private |
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Enlisted in Co. G, 54th Georgia. Transfered to Co. C on September 1, 1862. Wounded at Resaca, Ga. on May 16, 1864. Suffered a crushed foot in a railroad accident in Mississippi on January 1, 1865.
Contact Name: Wyatt ParkerDate Added: 4/23/2008
| Company C | |
Henry Houston Hall
Henry Houston Hall - Corporal |
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Contact Name: James SlackDate Added: 4/1/2014
| Company C | |
Riley A Herrington
Riley A Herrington - Private |
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Trying to add as much info as I can about my gr gr grandfather
and his brothers.12 brothers,10 of them fought the yankee,s
3 died in battle[2 on the same day in the 2nd battle of winchester,...]6 were pow,s
Contact Name: James Herringtonand his brothers.12 brothers,10 of them fought the yankee,s
3 died in battle[2 on the same day in the 2nd battle of winchester,...]6 were pow,s
Date Added: 5/26/2007
| Company C | |
Loudy Layfield
Loudy Layfield - Private |
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Died 9 Jan 1877
Contact Name: Mark AndersonDate Added: 12/20/2009
| Company C | |
Christopher Columbus Morgan
Christopher Columbus Morgan - Private |
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Enlisted as a Private on 06 May 1862 in Company C, 54th Infantry Regiment Georgia. Killed Company C, 54th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 22 July 1864 in Atlanta, GA
Contact Name: Paul SalleeDate Added: 9/6/2008
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Jesse Cleveland Morgan
Jesse Cleveland Morgan - Private |
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Private May 6,1862. Wounded and permanently disabled near Atlanta, Ga., July 22,1864. At home on wounded furlough close of war.
Contact Name: Paul SalleeDate Added: 9/6/2008
| Company C | |
Michael C. Peavy
Michael C. Peavy - Private |
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Michael was wounded in his right arm, necessitating amputation at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia June 1864.
Contact Name: Stephanie LincecumContact Homepage: http://lincecum.i-found-it.net
Date Added: 7/23/2005
| Company D | |
Andrew J. Becton
Andrew J. Becton - Private |
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Contact Name: Jimmy E. Dailey Jr.Date Added: 7/27/2007
| Company D | |
Jasper Bragg
Jasper Bragg - 4th Sergeant |
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Contact Name: Wesley BraggDate Added: 4/9/2012
| Company D | |
David M Brinson
David M Brinson - Private |
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This is my husbands great, great grandfathers, brother.
Contact Name: Betti O'BrianDate Added: 2/9/2010
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Charles Thomas jefferson Claxton
Charles Thomas jefferson Claxton - Private |
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Charles T. J. Claxton is my great (x4) grandfather. He lived from July 25, 1844 to Sept 28, 1906. He is the son of Zachariah W. Claxton and Lincelia Bush Claxton. Grandson of Henry Claxton.
Contact Name: Walter WahleDate Added: 3/5/2024
| Company D | |
Samuel Calhoun madison monroe Dickey
Samuel Calhoun madison monroe Dickey - Private |
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Contact Name: David DickeyDate Added: 9/4/2008
| Company E | |
Solomon Griffin
Solomon Griffin - 3rd Corporal |
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Enlisted on 6 May 1862 at Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonDate Added: 12/15/2008
| Company E | |
William H Griffin
William H Griffin - Private |
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Enlisted 6 May 1862 in Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonDate Added: 10/1/2009
| Company E | |
John Mark Hancock
John Mark Hancock - Private |
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No comments
Contact Name: Jerry HancockDate Added: 7/6/2011
| Company E | |
Daniel J Handcock
Daniel J Handcock - Private |
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No comments
Contact Name: Eric PetersenDate Added: 7/28/2012
| Company E | |
James Jackson Lee
James Jackson Lee - Private |
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None. I am Cousins of this Man
Contact Name: Zachary BurnettDate Added: 6/1/2016
| Company E | |
James J. Luke
James J. Luke - Private |
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Enlisted on 6 May 1862 at Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonDate Added: 12/19/2008
| Company E | |
William H. Luke
William H. Luke - Private |
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Enlisted on 6 May 1862 at Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonDate Added: 12/19/2008
| Company E | |
Hiram Tucker
Hiram Tucker - Private |
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Enlisted in Co E 54th GA Infantry listed as Private 6 May 1862 at Savannah, GA, transferred to Co A 1st GA regulars Jan 1864.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonDate Added: 11/28/2008
| Company E | |
John Tucker
John Tucker - Private |
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Enlisted on 6 May 1862 at Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonDate Added: 11/28/2008
| Company E | |
Moses J Tucker
Moses J Tucker - Private |
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Enlisted on 6 May 1862 at Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonDate Added: 11/28/2008
| Company F | |
William Henry Gaskins
William Henry Gaskins - Private |
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Enlisted on 6 May 1862, Savannah, GA.
Contact Name: Herman JohnsonDate Added: 11/29/2008
| Company F | |
James R Griffin
James R Griffin - Private |
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Contact Name: Seth SkinnerDate Added: 10/3/2012
| Company F | |
James Samuel Spear
James Samuel Spear - Private |
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Born August 3rd, 1843 in Muscogee County, GA
Joined the Police Guard, Oct. 3rd, 1861 under command of Captain Curry.
Joined Captain Bussell's Company. Private - May 12, 1862. Diagnosed with Typhoid fever July 4th, 1862 returned home until September 21st, 1862, armed in camp Sept. 22nd, 1862.
Transferred from Company H to Company F, January 1, 1863.
Company F, 'Savannah Cadets', men from Chatham County. The company of Savannah Cadets was organized 17 May 1861 , as a company of boys, most of whom were sixteen years of age. On 13 May 1862, the company was mustered into the Confederate Army and served the Confederacy as a defensive company on the coast around Savannah. Then in May 1863 they joined the Army of Tennessee at Dalton, GA. under captain W. T. Chisholm,
Captured at Kennesaw
Mountain, Georgia June 18, 1864.
Released at Camp Morton, Indiana May 22, 1865. - 11 Months as POW
Arrived Home - Columbus, GA. May 31st, 1865.
Contact Name: Morris SmithJoined the Police Guard, Oct. 3rd, 1861 under command of Captain Curry.
Joined Captain Bussell's Company. Private - May 12, 1862. Diagnosed with Typhoid fever July 4th, 1862 returned home until September 21st, 1862, armed in camp Sept. 22nd, 1862.
Transferred from Company H to Company F, January 1, 1863.
Company F, 'Savannah Cadets', men from Chatham County. The company of Savannah Cadets was organized 17 May 1861 , as a company of boys, most of whom were sixteen years of age. On 13 May 1862, the company was mustered into the Confederate Army and served the Confederacy as a defensive company on the coast around Savannah. Then in May 1863 they joined the Army of Tennessee at Dalton, GA. under captain W. T. Chisholm,
Captured at Kennesaw
Mountain, Georgia June 18, 1864.
Released at Camp Morton, Indiana May 22, 1865. - 11 Months as POW
Arrived Home - Columbus, GA. May 31st, 1865.
Contact Homepage: www.morrissmitheng.com
Date Added: 7/14/2010
| Company G | |
Abram Moses Slaton
Abram Moses Slaton Rank Unknown |
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No comments
Contact Name: Al SlaytonDate Added: 2/22/2011
| Company H | |
John Henry Land
John Henry Land - Private |
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Contact Name: Chuck McMichaelContact Homepage: tigermac
Date Added: 4/10/2012
| Company H | |
Amos P Norris
Amos P Norris - Private |
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No comments
Contact Name: James norrisDate Added: 11/5/2011
| Company H | |
Adam Crall Rodgers
Adam Crall Rodgers - Private |
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See Samuel Craig Rodgers. Adam was his brother.
Contact Name: Cheri AmarnaDate Added: 7/28/2011
| Company H | |
James Mccurdy Rodgers
James Mccurdy Rodgers - Private |
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James joined up with his three brothers, Samuel, Adam, and Robert. He became sick and was treated at the Camp Bethesda hospital near Savannah, Georgia hospital, Georgia on 29 FEB 1864. Bethesda Orphan Home was converted into a military hospital for the Confederate Soldiers. He survived and lived until 1908.
Contact Name: Cheri AmarnaDate Added: 7/29/2011
| Company H | |
Robert Hill Rodgers
Robert Hill Rodgers - Private |
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Robert enlisted with his brothers on January 21, 1864 after they had been fighting for almost 2 years . He was present for the roll for February 29, 1864. He also survived the war and live until 1907.
Contact Name: Cheri AmarnaDate Added: 7/29/2011
| Company H | |
Samuel Craig Rodgers
Samuel Craig Rodgers - Private |
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Samuel was born in 1836 in South Carolina. He enlisted as a Private on 12 May 1862 in Company H 'Russell's Guards', 54th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 16 May 1862. Surrendered Company H, 54th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 26 Apr 1865 at Greensboro, NC. He enlisted with four of his brothers. All survived the war. Two of his brothers-in-law also served in the Georgia 20th Regiment.
54th Infantry Regiment, organized at Savannah, Georgia, during the summer of 1862, contained men recruited in the counties of Lamar, Appling, Harris, Muscogee, Bartow, Chatham, and Barrow. The unit moved to the Charleston area and was involved in numerous conflicts including the fight at Battery Wagner. Later it was assigned to Mercer's and J.A. Smith's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 54th participated in the Atlanta Campaign, Hood's Tennessee operations, and the Battle of Bentonville. During the Atlanta Campaign, July 20 to September 1, it reported 93 casualties and in December, 1864, totaled 168 effectives. The regiment surrendered on April 26, 1865. Colonel Charlton H. Way, Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Rawls, and Major William H. Mann were in command.
Contact Name: Cheri Amarna54th Infantry Regiment, organized at Savannah, Georgia, during the summer of 1862, contained men recruited in the counties of Lamar, Appling, Harris, Muscogee, Bartow, Chatham, and Barrow. The unit moved to the Charleston area and was involved in numerous conflicts including the fight at Battery Wagner. Later it was assigned to Mercer's and J.A. Smith's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. The 54th participated in the Atlanta Campaign, Hood's Tennessee operations, and the Battle of Bentonville. During the Atlanta Campaign, July 20 to September 1, it reported 93 casualties and in December, 1864, totaled 168 effectives. The regiment surrendered on April 26, 1865. Colonel Charlton H. Way, Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Rawls, and Major William H. Mann were in command.
Date Added: 12/3/2008
| Company H | |
William Matthew Rodgers
William Matthew Rodgers - 1st Corporal |
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William joined the 54th on May 12, 1862 along with his brothers Samuel, Adam, and James. A fourth brother, Robert, joined with them in 1864. His pension records show he surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina April 26, 1865. He died in 1919 in Muscogee County, GA
Contact Name: Cheri AmarnaDate Added: 7/29/2011
| Company H | |
James Samuel Spear
James Samuel Spear - Private |
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Private - May 12, 1862. Transferred
to Company F, January 1, 1863.
Company F, 'Savannah Cadets', men from Chatham County. The company of Savannah Cadets was organized 17 May 1861 , as a company of boys, most of whom were sixteen years of age. On 13 May 1862, the company was mustered into the Confederate Army and served the Confederacy as a defensive company on the coast around Savannah. Then in May 1863 they joined the Army of Tennessee at Dalton, GA. under captain W. T. Chisholm,
Captured at Kennesaw
Mountain, Georgia June 18, 1864.
Released at Camp Morton,
Indiana May 22, 1865. - 11 Months as POW
Arrived Home - Columbus, GA. May 31st, 1865.
Contact Name: Morris Smithto Company F, January 1, 1863.
Company F, 'Savannah Cadets', men from Chatham County. The company of Savannah Cadets was organized 17 May 1861 , as a company of boys, most of whom were sixteen years of age. On 13 May 1862, the company was mustered into the Confederate Army and served the Confederacy as a defensive company on the coast around Savannah. Then in May 1863 they joined the Army of Tennessee at Dalton, GA. under captain W. T. Chisholm,
Captured at Kennesaw
Mountain, Georgia June 18, 1864.
Released at Camp Morton,
Indiana May 22, 1865. - 11 Months as POW
Arrived Home - Columbus, GA. May 31st, 1865.
Contact Homepage: www.morrissmitheng.com
Date Added: 3/21/2010
| Company I | |
Lewis W Rahn
Lewis W Rahn - Private |
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No comments
Contact Name: Steve ThomasDate Added: 8/18/2007
| Company I | |
Lacy William Simmons
Lacy William Simmons - Private |
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No comments
Contact Name: Susan RodgersDate Added: 8/24/2008
| Company K | |
Elijah Dickson
Elijah Dickson - Private |
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No comments
Contact Name: Robert T. DixonDate Added: 3/3/2012
| Company K | |
Elisha Dickson
Elisha Dickson - Private |
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No comments
Contact Name: Robert T. DixonDate Added: 3/3/2012
| Company K | |
John Henry Sapp
John Henry Sapp - Private |
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John Henry was my Mothers grandfather
Contact Name: bobby crewsDate Added: 6/12/2013
| Company K | |
Isham Tyre
Isham Tyre - Private |
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Direct lineal descendnet of 8 Confederate soldiers.
Contact Name: Odeen L. TyreDate Added: 3/18/2010
| Company Field & Staff | |
William H. Mann
William H. Mann - Major |
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Major William H. Mann: Was elected Captain of Company A, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade, Georgia State Troops 3 October 1861. He was mustered out in April 1862 and elected Major of the 54th Regiment on 16 May 1862. He was killed in fighting near Atlanta, on 22 July 1864.
Contact Name: MichaelContact Homepage: None
Date Added: 4/9/2025