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What rank did Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. hold when he left the Union army?
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When Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. left the Union army after three years of service during the American Civil War, he was mustered out with the rank of captain, although he had previously been commissioned as a lieutenant colonel.1