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Black sheep of the Union Army was Oregon’s last Civil War vet

Published: July 21, 2020, 2 p.m.

Lebanon man lived a quiet, respectable life after the Civil War, but back in his youth he was a member of Olney's Detachment of the Oregon Cavalry — a Union Army outfit nicknamed “Olney's Forty Thieves.” (Columbia Basin, Wasco County; 1864) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/o1111c-black-sheep-of-union-army-last-oregon-vet.html)