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contents Acknowledgments / ix prologue. No Regrets / 1 one. The War Hit Me and Hit Me Hard: Jimmie Tanner’s Civil War / 6 two. Living with Disability: Jim Tanner Reinvents Himself / 19 three. Brooklyn Days: Becoming Corporal Tanner / 50 four. God Help the Surplus: Corporal Tanner and Civil War Pensions / 92 five. The Most Celebrated GAR Man in the World: Legacies / 131 epilogue and conclusion. The Footless Ghost / 159 Notes / 167 Reflection on Sources and Selected Bibliography / 187 Index / 195 This page intentionally left blank ...

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