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He also lobbied unsuccessfully for a Houston-New Orleans railroad as a "military necessity." & took a bold stand and presented a petition to the House for a special act to allow Peter Allen, a free black barber who had fought for the Confederate Army at Shiloh, to reside in the state. Cone was defeated, and Allen was not allowed to remain free.
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