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Abel Fisher altercation over GAR badge 1888

Abel gets in dust up over his GAR badge. A "..young man from the Southwest country, who threatened to ptfi from Fisher's breast his Grand Army badge, and also asserted that he "could lick any G-d D-m man who would wear oue of those badges. Of course this "riled" Abe to a considerable extent and the two had quite a wordy combat, but no blows were struck."

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