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Claim: Oliver Rice Fortenberry lists property taken by Union soldiers

Claim: Oliver Rice Fortenberry lists property taken by Union soldiers

Oliver Rice Fortenberry swore on 26 December 1862 that the Union army under Gen. Curtis had taken property worth $3,045 from his Lawrence County farm. The list includes cows, corn, steers, a wagon, a mule, a horse, blacksmith's tools, and two enslaved men.

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