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Tuesday, January 24, 2017. The geography and towns near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers can be confusing. The Union used the rivers as much as possible for moving troops, supplies, animals and equipment. A typical river steamer carried about one thousand men, about two regiments. Cape Girardeau is about 35 miles up the Mississippi from Cairo. Generals in Blue Missouri - Ulysses S. After the attack on Fort Sumter, Illinois Governor Richard Yates gave Grant a militia commission to .
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6, 1863 by Conrad Wise Chapman. Lee and capture Petersburg, Virginia.
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New Group Meets at Museum. Renew or Become a Member Today. Retrace the Footsteps of Civil War Soldiers. The Old Court House was built in 1840 to serve the citizens of Winchester and Frederick County. It was constructed on the site of the 1741 courthouse which was the first courthouse beyond the Blue Ridge mountains.