Lt. William Shipley: the first Civil War soldier from Quincy to die
“There was not a dry eye on the Square” when volunteer troops were hailed and left Quincy on April 21, 1861, for Cairo and Camp Defiance located at the tip
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“There was not a dry eye on the Square” when volunteer troops were hailed and left Quincy on April 21, 1861, for Cairo and Camp Defiance located at the tip