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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Black Surgeon Alexander Augusta passes the Army medical exam against the wishes of white board members]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Series of letters regarding Alexander Augusta&#039;s desire to serve as a Surgeon in what would become the 7th USCI. Augusta initially writes Lincoln and Stanton requesting an appointment from Toronto and eventually travels to D.C. to sit for the officer&#039;s exam over the objections of white officers and physicians. Contains letters from Augusta, Surg. W. Moss, and M. Clymer as well as relevant endorsements.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1/7/1863]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Washington, D.C.]]></dcterms:coverage>
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