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greatgerm t1_iyonj8l wrote

The Washington Territory had about 10,000 people total and they had to travel a very long distance over terrible terrain so I'm pretty impressed.

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tnoy23 t1_iyplm1w wrote

My first thought seeing Washington actually contributed soldiers was "Wait there were people there then?"

Absolutely wild and I had no idea anyone besides native Americans were present there at that point, much less enough to come back and actually contribute to the civil war.

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