william the wie
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The Michigan-Illinois Canal later replaced by the Sewer and Vessels, which in turn was replaced by the current Illinois Seaway is the least expensive way and usually the fastest way to get food stuffs and other bulk items to and from the east coast and Great Lakes into or out of the Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio barge network. Since it was the obvious choke point for the north why is it so rarely mentioned in lo the many alternative histories of the Civil War?