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On April 13, 1861, Quincy received word by telegraph that Confederate forces had attacked Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, S.C. The resulting Civil War would tear the nation
Though a “Detestable Morass” to some, Cairo’s location on the Mississippi proved vital for Union military interests in the West.
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