Cairo, Ill. We were
astir early to catch the first sight of the far-famed city of Cairo (Ill.), and
certainly an unhappy surprise we found it; the combined medley of filth and
disorder, the streets rough, the sidewalks torn' and tattered, rendering it
dangerous to travel, lest they should throw one headlong to the ditch.
SOURCE: Jenkin Lloyd
Jones, An Artilleryman's Diary, p. 3
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