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The 83rd Pennsylvania had many stories to tell by the end of the war.
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Samuel Hoyt served three years of the Civil War.
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The Hoyt family may have traveled to Kansas by covered wagon.
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Samuel Hoyt lived out the remainder of his life in Oregon
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Recurring asthma justified an initial pension.
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Late in life, Samuel Hoyt's declining health justified a pension increase to $72 per month, a large sum for the time.
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