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One of the many exaggerations that continues to surface in American history is the notion that Southern Illinois during the War Between the States was a hotbed of pro-Confederate activities, with Rebel spies lurking behind every tree from Cairo all the way up to Mount Vernon and Vandalia.
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army inspection reports, secession spirit, consolidated regiment, watering party, military service records, having enlisted
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Fifteenth Tennessee, Southern Illinois, Thorndike Brooks, Williamson County, Frank Metcalf, Jackson County, General Cheatham, Camp Johnston, Colonel John, General Polk, Graves County, Captain Brooks, Harvey Hays, Leonard Harris, Western Kentucky, General Grant, Hibe Cunningham, Bushrod Johnson, General Bragg, Pittsburg Landing, West Tennessee, Harry Hopper, Thirty-First Illinois, Carlos Buell, Eleventh Louisiana
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