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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1861

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2

Breckinridge Tale Sparks Morgan Anderson Rumor

A train traveler told Major Anderson that a Cincinnati contact said John C. Breckinridge planned to meet him in Cincinnati and command Federal troops in Kentucky. Anderson, longtime friend of Breckinridge, welcomed the report but warned it seemed almost too good to be true.

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