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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hiho, post: 812405, member: 21869&quot;]Always happy to help.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The more I think about it I believe the medal was issued to more than just the Ohio Infantry. The first link above shows 1st Regiment Rhode Island volunteers and I wouldn&#039;t be surprised if several other nearby states sent soldiers to Camp Meade as well.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here a clipping from the NY Times...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&amp;res=9503EEDF1438E433A25751C2A96E9C94699ED7CF" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&amp;res=9503EEDF1438E433A25751C2A96E9C94699ED7CF" rel="nofollow">http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&amp;res=9503EEDF1438E433A25751C2A96E9C94699ED7CF</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>6000 Pennsylvania soldiers. Plus the 1st Regiment from Rhode Island. Possibly a regiment from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont and New Hampshire. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I am rethinking my earlier &quot;produced in fairly limited numbers&quot; comment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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