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During the Civil War, two Union regiments of Illinois Cavalry traveled Springfield - Liberty Road on May 1, 1863, en route to Baton Rouge. Col. B.H. Grierson commanded the diversionary raid before Gen. Grant's land movement against Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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