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Unknown [religious verse]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03523.50.20 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: no date Pagination: 1 p. ; 7.4 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Appears to be a verse from the Bible or a prayer. "swelling swelling. I command in the Name of Jesus Christ that the N N so little injure Than our lord Jesus Christ the three Nails injured When the Jews drove them through his hands & feet +++ the brand Hugsab for thy worms & swelling 3 times."

E.S. Russell enlisted as a private on 1 November 1861. He mustered into "G" Co. OH 65th Infantry. He died of disease on 8 May 1862 at Louisville, KY.

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