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Union Soldiers

Stacy's ancestors Hiram and George Beardsley (brothers) were in the Civil War. They both were privates from Wisconsin. Hiram was captured and held at Andersonville Prison Camp, during which time he developed chronic health problems. He received a pension from the Army because he was unable to work steadily after the war. In order to obtain a pension, an ex-soldier was required to file papers with the government, including the testimony of witnesses closely aquainted with the applicant. Hiram's friends and neighbors wrote affidavits stating that he "had not been able to work more than one fourth of the time and that he has complained of chronic diarrhea, piles and lame back (which he aquired when he fell on a Confederate prison ship), and have seen him a good many times during our acquaintance when he was so so bad he could not stand erect."

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