In 1864, a United States senator called for legislation to give the Yosemite Valley to the state of California as a public park.

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He survived the Battle of the Wilderness, the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, the Battle of Cold Harbor, the entire Siege of Petersburg from August of '64 all the way until the end of March of 1865.

他在荒地战役中存活了下来,经历了波特瑟尔韦尼亚县府战役,和冷港战役,从1864年8月的彼得斯堡包围战,直到1865年五月底

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He eventually switched; his New York this happened in many regiments in the Civil War it took so many casualties it ceased to exist and he switched to a Connecticut regiment and he served that Connecticut regiment through the summer of 1864.

他最终换了军队,内战期这很平常,他所在的纽约军队伤亡惨重,全军覆灭,他来到康乃狄格军队,他一直在此服役,度过了1865年夏

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