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![Thompson, Alfred. [Application of Eliza Mercer of Howard County, Maryland, for compensation for the war service of her slave, Alfred Thompson, an enlistee in the 39th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, Company D., 1865.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn6/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMTIvMzEvdGhvbXBzb24tYWxmcmVkLWFwcGxpY2F0aW9uLW9mLWVsaXphLW1lcmNlci1vZi1ob3dhcmQtY291bnR5LW1hcnlsYW5kLWZvci1jb21wZW5zYXRpb24tY2FhM2YyLTEwMjQuanBn/40/50/webp "Thompson, Alfred. [Application of Eliza Mercer of Howard County, Maryland, for compensation for the war service of her slave, Alfred Thompson, an enlistee in the 39th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, Company D., 1865.]")