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Black sheep of the Union Army was Oregon’s last Civil War veteran

Author
Finn J.D. John
Published
Fri 12 Sep 2025
Episode Link
https://offbeatoregon.com/assets-2011/o1111c-oregons-last-civil-war-vet-james-smith/250912.1111c.black-sheep-of-union-arny.mp3

Lebanon man lived a quiet, respectable life after the Civil War, but back in his youth he was a member of Olney's Detachment of the Oregon Cavalry — a Union Army outfit nicknamed “Olney's Forty Thieves.” (Lebanon, Linn County; 1860s, 1940s, 1950s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1111c-black-sheep-of-union-army-last-oregon-vet.html)

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