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Quebec: Facts and FiguresQuebec: Facts and Figures Area 594,860 sq mi. Capital Quebec City. Population 7,903,001. Date Entered Confederation July 1, 1867. Origin of Name From the Algonkian word kebec, which means "where the river narrows," referring to the site where Quebec City now stands.
William Clarke QuantrillWilliam Clarke Quantrill joined the Confederacy upon outbreak of the Civil War. He spent the first year of the war harassing Union troops, raiding Union forts and strongholds, and creating mayhem whenever and wherever possible. By December 1861 he had organized his own guerrilla band, which quickly became more interested in looting and murder than in furthering the Confederate cause.
 
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