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5th Kentucky Infantry
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Jeremiah Barker - Private
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Contact Name: Les Williamson
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Contact Homepage: http://www.edwardarthur.org/
Date Added: 1/19/2006

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Raleigh Travers Daniel - Lieutenant
Daniel, Raleigh Travers, Jr., Lieutenant
Adjutant 5th Kentucky Infantry

Previously served as a Private in Company A, 1st Virginia Infantry. Joined the 5th KY Infantry on October 11, 1861. He was appointed to serve on the staff of Gen. Lewis A. Armistead in 1862 and was wounded at the Battle of Malvern Hill, VA in 1862. Later he served on the staff of Generals Robert D. Lilley and John Pegram. After the war he was a lawyer in Richmond, VA and died at the Soldiers' Home in Richmond, VA on February 11, 1919.

Born: 1833
Died: February 11, 1919 Richmond, VA
Buried: unknown
Married: unknown
Children: unknown
Occupation: attorney
Contact Name: Adrian C. Sims
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Date Added: 4/6/2007

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Joel Estep - Private
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Contact Name: Debbra Walker
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Date Added: 2/24/2014

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Asa P Gullett - Private
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Contact Name: Ben C. Gullett II
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Date Added: 2/16/2010

Company A
Alfred Cope Back - Private
Alfred was my 2nd great grand uncle
Contact Name: Larry Back
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Date Added: 11/25/2011

Company A
William BarkerRank Unknown
Maybe the W.M.Barker buried at the Hayes Cemetary in Rowan County Kentucky.Birth: Aug. 18, 1853, USA
Death: unknown, USA
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Date Added: 12/27/2009

Company A
Isaac Fugate - Private
Brother of John Fugate
Contact Name: Larry E Fugate
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Date Added: 12/10/2005

Company A
John Fugate - Private
Killed in Action at Chicamunga
Contact Name: Larry E Fugate
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Date Added: 12/10/2005

Company A
Jacob Hargis - Private
Jacob Weddington Hargis b.16 March 1828 - d.14 October 1915, son of John Louis Hargis and Nancy J. Calhoun.Buried in the Alfrey Cemetary in Rowan County Kentucky near Cave Run Lake.
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Date Added: 12/27/2009

Company A
Matthew McClure - Private
Maybe buried in the Alfrey Cemetary in Rowan County Kentucky near Cave Run Lake.Birth: May 14, 1842, USA
Death: Jan. 9, 1937, USA


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Date Added: 12/27/2009

Company A
William Mynheir - Major
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Contact Name: Kevin Stingley
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Date Added: 10/15/2004

Company A
Alfred Ramey - Private
Brother of Alvin and Page
Contact Name: Nancy Regan
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Date Added: 8/9/2007

Company A
Alvin Ramey - Private
Brother of Alfred and Page
Contact Name: Nancy Regan
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Date Added: 8/9/2007

Company A
Page Ramey - Private
Brother of Alvin and Alfred
Contact Name: Nancy Regan
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Date Added: 8/9/2007

Company A
Hiram B Roberts - Sergeant
Birth: Mar. 24, 1815
Death: Oct. 16, 1891
Burial:
Caudill Cemetery
Cranston
Rowan County
Kentucky, USA
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Date Added: 12/27/2009

Company B
Joseph K Adkins - Captain
Was my Great great grandfather. Went in as 2nd Lt, then promoted to 1st Lt then Capt after the battle of Princeton
Contact Name: Kenneth Adkins
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Date Added: 3/4/2006

Company B
James Isaac BackRank Unknown
James Issac Back served in the Confederate Army, 5th Regiment Mounted Infantry Co. B, in the rank of Sergeant.
Contact Name: Larry Back
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Date Added: 11/25/2011

Company B
Lewis Ceil Back - 3rd Corporal
Military Service - Company B, 5th Kentucky Infantry, CSA
Enlisted - September 7, 1862 at Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky
Highest Rank - Elected Third Corporal on September 7, 1862
Surrended - May 1865, Louisville, Kentucky
Derserted - Listed as deserted on August 10, 1863 at Hansonville, Virginia - Later returned to duty

Contact Name: Larry Back
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Date Added: 11/25/2011

Company B
Jeremiah Barker - Private
G-G-Grandfather

Jeremiah Barker was from Morgan County, KY, and enlisted in Co. B, of the original 5th Ky Inf., CSA, on Oct. 19, 1861. After serving his one year enlistment and being discharged in Oct. 1862, he was taken prisoner by Union Soldiers in Morgan County, in Sept. 1863. He was later released.
Contact Name: Vince Barker
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Date Added: 9/20/2007

Company B
George Chaney - Private
G-G-Uncle
George Chaney was from Breathitt County and enlisted with his brother William, on Sept. 11, 1862, in the Hargis Fields, near Jackson, KY. He was with the 5th at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. He was wounded at Dallas, GA, on May 28, 1864, and was captured near Stone Mountain, GA, on July 28, 1864, and sent to Camp Chase Prison near Columbus, OH. He was not released until June 8, 1865. He was shot and killed on the street in Jackson in 1879 during the Breathitt County feuds.
Contact Name: Vince Barker
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Date Added: 9/20/2007

Company B
William Chaney - Private
G-G-Grandfather

William Chaney was born in Breathitt County, KY, in 1844. He enlisted on Sept. 11, 1862. He served with the 5th Kentucky 'Sang Diggers' for the rest of the war - at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, all the battle of the Atlanta Campaign, as well as the mounted engagements in Georgia and the Carolinas. He was wounded at the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864. He was one of the last Soldiers of the Army of Tennessee to surrender, doing so in Atlanta on May 10, 1865. At the time his regiment surrendered on May 6, he was on a scouting mission near Raleigh, NC. He was paroled at Chattanooga, TN, on May 22, 1865, and allowed to return home to Breathitt County. His father and two brothers, including George who served with him in Co. B, were killed in the Breathitt County feuds. In 1909 he moved his family to Forest County, WI, near Crandon (my hometown). He died there on Dec. 28, 1928. He is buried at Lakeside Cemetery in Crandon, with a Confederate headstone, one of only a few in the entire state.
Contact Name: Vince Barker
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Date Added: 9/20/2007

Company B
Benjamin W Emmons - Private
Prisoner at Camp Chase later transferred to Johnson's Island.
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Date Added: 2/26/2014

Company B
Thomas Gross - Private
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Contact Name: Sheree Weiffenbach
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Date Added: 5/15/2016

Company B
John P. Gum - Private
G-G-Uncle
John P. Gum was from Owsley County, KY, and risked being arrested or shot, by going to neighboring Breathitt County and enlisting in Co. B, 5th Ky Inf., CSA, on Sept. 11, 1862. He received extra pay in the spring of 1863 for duty as a hospital steward at the regimental hospital near Holston Springs, VA. He was with the 5th at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and the early battles of the Atlanta Campaign. He was mortally wounded near Kennesaw Mountain, GA, on June 20, 1864. He died the same day. His brother Mitchell was a Union Soldier with Co. A, 7th Kentucky Vol. Infantry.
Contact Name: Vince Barker
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Date Added: 9/20/2007

Company B
Hiram J. Haddix - Private
G-G-G-Uncle
Hiram Haddix enlisted at Jackson, KY, on April 1, 1863. He was with the 5th at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. He died of disease at Griffin, GA, on Dec. 15, 1863. He is buried at the Stonewall Confederate Cemetery, Griffin, Georgia.
Brother of William A. Haddix.
Contact Name: Vince Barker
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Date Added: 9/25/2007

Company B
William A. Haddix - Private
G-G-G-Uncle
William A. Haddix enlisted at Jackson, KY, on Sept. 7, 1862. He was with the 5th at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and the Atlanta Campaign. He died of disease near Lewisville, GA, on Nov. 10, 1864. He is buried in Lewisville.
Brother of Hiram J. Haddix.
Contact Name: Vince Barker
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Date Added: 9/25/2007

Company B
Andrew Jackson South - Lieutenant
Killed at Quicksand, Kentucky on 7 February 1864 while trying to get help for his brother, Jeremiah.
Contact Name: Eric Stone
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Date Added: 5/27/2010

Company B
Jeremiah Weldon South - 2nd Lieutenant
Enlisted as a Private on 8 January 1862.
Promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant on 7 September 1862.
Killed on 7 February 1864.
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Date Added: 5/27/2010

Company B
Richard L. South - 1st Sergeant
4xgreat grandfather
Richard L. South was from Breathitt County and enlisted as a SGT on Sept. 18, 1862. He was 50 years old. He was later promoted to 1st Sgt. He was with the 5th at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. He was killed on May 28, 1864, during the regiment's charge at Dallas, GA. He was the forward most man in the regiment when he fell, 20 paces from the Union lines.
His nephew's Capt. William T.B. South and 2nd Lt. Jeremiah South were the Commander and 2nd Lt. of Co. B.
Contact Name: Vince Barker
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Date Added: 9/20/2007

Company B
Samuel Fogg South - Quarter Master
Enlisted as a Private on 13 September 1862.
Promoted to Full Quartermaster Sergeant.
Severely wounded at Chickamauga, GA.
Awarded a 'Roll of Honor' for gallantry at Chickamauga.
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Date Added: 5/27/2010

Company B
Thomas J South - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 11 September 1862.
Deserted from Company B, 5th Infantry Regiment Kentucky.
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Date Added: 5/27/2010

Company B
William Tyler Barry South - Captain
Enlisted as a Corporal on 25 October 1861 at the age of 19.
Promoted to Full Captain.
Surrendered on 6 May 1865 at Washington, GA.
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Contact Name: Eric Stone
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Date Added: 5/27/2010

Company C
Harvey Crager - Private
5th Regiment,Kentucky Mounted Infantry
Contact Name: Stephen Moyers Woodard
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Contact Homepage: Givem Tha Cold Steel Boys
Date Added: 11/4/2015

Company C
James H Emmons - Private
Wounded at the Battle of Middle Creek, Ky Left On field of battle. His Brother Benjamin Emmons stayed at his side and saw him to his home.
Contact Name: Ron Mertz
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Date Added: 2/26/2014

Company C
John Martin Franklin - 4th Sergeant
Injured at Resaca and Chickamauga. I am interested in corresponding with other descendants of 5th KY INF CSA veterans, or those with knowledge about this regiment.
Contact Name: Angie Chaffin
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Date Added: 8/19/2004

Company D
Henry Vencil Back - Private
Henry was my 2nd great grand uncle
Contact Name: Larry Back
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Date Added: 11/25/2011

Company D
William H. Back - Private
William was my 2nd great grand uncle
Contact Name: Larry Back
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Date Added: 11/25/2011

Company D
James Henry Hall - Private
James was sworn in on 19 Oct. 1861 into Capt. Leonidas H Elliott's Co. Kentucky Vol's. This became 1st Co D 5th Kentucky Mounted Infantry. In Virginia , due to battle and disease losses it was reorganized as 3rd Co D. James was assigned extra duty as a hospital nurse at Holston Springs Scott County Va. In June 1862 he is attending the sick at Emery & Henry Collage. On 25 Dec. 1862 he reenlists at Abingdon, Va. In June of 1863 he is granted leave to Hawkins, Carter County Ky. On 30 April 1864 while in transit he is admitted to the General Hospital #9 in Richmond with dx of Delibilitas. End of record.
Contact Name: Phillip Thomas
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Date Added: 4/17/2015

Company D
Peter Scaggs - Private
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Contact Name: D.Blevins
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Date Added: 12/5/2007

Company D
James Knox Polk South - 1st Lieutenant
Commission as 1st Lieutenant on 9 October 1862.
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Contact Name: Eric Stone
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Date Added: 5/27/2010

Company D
Martin Van Buren South - Private
Enlisted as a Private on 20 September 1862.
Deserted on 1 November 1863 in Virginia.
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Date Added: 5/27/2010

Company D
William A. Thompson - 1st Corporal
G-G-Grandfather
Wm Thompson enlisted on Oct. 19, 1861, in Co. D, of the original 5th Kentucky Infantry, CSA. After completion of his one year enlistment he joined Capt. William Jason Field's Company of Kentucky Partisan Rangers, in Nov. 1862. He was captured on May 11, 1863, near Grayson, KY, and sent to Point Lookout Prison. He was released on Jan. 10, 1864.
Contact Name: Vince Barker
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Date Added: 9/20/2007

Company D
Eliphus Preston Williams - Sergeant
Joined 5th Kentucky Infantry at Salyersville Kentucky in Company F. Promoted to Sergeant on November 24, 1862 and transfered to Company D. Wounded At Battle of Dallas on May 28, 1864 and lost his leg as a result.

He is my Great Great Great Uncle
Contact Name: Chadd M. Vail
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Date Added: 8/19/2007

Company E
James William Hart - 1st Lieutenant
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Contact Name: Carole O'Dell
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Date Added: 11/17/2012

Company E
Kelsey Holbrook - Private
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Contact Name: Michelle Holbrook
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Date Added: 2/12/2009

Company E
William H. MEFFORD - Sergeant
William, my 1C1R, enlisted in Co E, 5th Kentucky Infantry Regiment, CSA on 27 Sep 1862, in Gratz, Owen County, KY. Evidently, SGT Mefford was captured as a result of Grant's relentless campaign at Vicksburg on 04 Jul 1863 — the day after Lee's defeat at Gettysburg.* Since his trail doesn't surface until August 1870, when he was enumerated in the census. I'm still trying to find more information of his life and whereabouts.

*List of Confederates Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, 04 Jul 1863, Roll: M2072_1
Contact Name: CPT George P. Farris
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Date Added: 12/28/2011

Company F
Silas Callahan - Private
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Contact Name: Jeff Callahan
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Date Added: 8/11/2009

Company F
Andrew Jackson Woods - Private
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Contact Name: D.Blevins
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Date Added: 12/5/2007

Company G
Pharmer Leslie - Private
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34198889/pharmer-leslie

BIRTH
22 May 1803
Pike County, Kentucky, USA
DEATH
22 Oct 1883 (aged 80)
Pike County, Kentucky, USA
BURIAL
Pharmer Leslie Cemetery
Gulnare, Pike County, Kentucky, USA
Contact Name: Kenneth
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Date Added: 8/21/2023

Company H
Jesse Kendall - Private
Was in 5th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry
Contact Name: Rhonda Kendall
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Date Added: 2/13/2018

Company H
hamilton stephens - Private
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Contact Name: rodney stephens
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Date Added: 9/5/2013

Company K
William Dandridge Acton - Captain
Born 1836 in Bridgeport, Franklin Co. KY. Son of James A. and Mary Ann Martha Crockett Acton. Entered the CSA as Captain. Captured twice. One prison stay was at Point Lookout. Issue out at the end of the war in June, 1865 in Washington, Wilkes Co. GA. Remained in GA. Married Mary Jones. Two children. He was a merchant in Hepzibah GA. He is buried in Hepzibah.
Contact Name: Nora
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Date Added: 11/15/2007

Company K
Lilburn Estep - Private
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Contact Name: Brenda
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Date Added: 3/26/2004

Company K
Martin V. Estep - Private
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Contact Name: Brenda
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Date Added: 3/26/2004

Company K
William Kelley - Private
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Contact Name: Mike Phillips
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Date Added: 5/24/2013

Company K
Andrew Osborn - Private
Andrew became a prisoner during the Battle of Middle Creek but it is believed he, and all others taken at this time, were released within a couple of days. He rejoined his unit in September, 1862 near Salyersville for the final month of service in this 12 month unit. He later joined with Sid Cook's band of Guerrillas who later became affiliated with the 7th Battallion as Co. G. It was with this group on April 13, 1864 that Andrew was one of two Confederates killed in Paintsville, KY. His gravesite is unknown.
Contact Name: Doug Kretzer
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Date Added: 7/6/2010

Company K
james L. osburne - Private
please ad my great.',' grand dad to your page. This would mean alot to me.
Contact Name: Robert Chaney
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Date Added: 1/8/2008

Company K
Claiborne Pennington - Private
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Contact Name: Brenda
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Date Added: 3/26/2004

Company K
Joshua Pennington - Private
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Contact Name: Brenda
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Date Added: 3/26/2004

Company K
Jeremiah Roberts - Private
Film Number M377 roll 11
Contact Name: Daniel Draper
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Date Added: 7/4/2010

Company K
Alexander Sheets - Private
Alexander enlisted at age 15 per muster roll enlistment date. He was wounded at both Chickamauga and Kennesaw.
Contact Name: Donna
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Date Added: 5/31/2023

Company K
Henry Sparks - Private
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Contact Name: Mike Paradise
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Date Added: 8/13/2007

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