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C.I.A. reference

In a deposition given by Cornelius Blanchard in 1897 in St. Augustine he states: "I was not in the Union Army, I was in the C.I.A.." Cornelius was African American. As the Central Intelligence Agency wasn't started until 1946, does anyone know what "C.I.A." might refer to?

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