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• 2101 Sycamore St, Cairo, IL 62914
  Cairo, Illinois 62914

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Locally, brave African American men from Cairo served in the various regiments of USCT Special Honor is given to Reverend Thomas Jefferson Houston, an ordained Baptist preacher, a conductor of the Underground Railroad, and personal assistant to General Ulysses Grant known affectionally as T.J. Houston affiliated to Grant's troops in 1862. He later served as a teamster in the Battle of Corinth and became General Grant's unofficial personal bodyguard.

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2R4C+FW Cairo, Illinois

Street

2101 Sycamore St

Monday Hours

Open 24 hours

Tuesday Hours

Open 24 hours

Wednesday Hours

Open 24 hours

Thursday Hours

Open 24 hours

Friday Hours

Open 24 hours

Saturday Hours

Open 24 hours

Sunday Hours

Open 24 hours

Latitude

37.006248

Longitude

-89.177694

Country

USA

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