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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta writes to Senator Henry Wilson regarding his low pay as a Black soldier despite holding the rank of major]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:alternative><![CDATA[B-47]]></dcterms:alternative>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Dr. Alexander T. Augusta to Sec. of War--Surgeon Alexander T. Augusta was in the army nearly one year until he was transferred to Baltimore, MD. At his new post the paymaster insisted that he was to get $7 month, just as all Black troops do. He wrote to Sen Wilson for assistance and soon received directions for the paymaster to pay him according to his rank as a surgeon. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[9/28/1863]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Baltimore, MD]]></dcterms:coverage>
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