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- 'He was six feet two inches tall and well proportioned, with erect carriage. He was fully matured at the age of seventeen years, when he was elected captain of Co. C. 29th Regt. Missouri Volunteers, and was marked as a leader of men. He served through the war until the Siege of Vicksburg when he contracted disease in the swamps which resulted in his death.' (Photo in History of Kimball Family Book). He was killed in battle Nov. 13, 1863, at Pilot Knob, Missouri. Buried at Joliet, Illinois. (Olin.doc)
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