Why could he not be the following Union soldier, as listed in the NPS data?
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No. Soldier Name Side Function Regiment Name
1 Alldridge, Samuel P. Union Infantry 8th Regiment, Missouri Infantry
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The unit history listed states they were organized in St Louis summer of 1861, and were serving in northern Georgia Sept 1864. And I believe most (all?) of north-central Illinois was pro-Union...