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"Little Egypt"
http://southernmostillinoishistory.net/southern-illinois-region-called-little-egypt/
https://knightofthegoldencircle.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/little-egypt-the-golden-circle/
In addition, southern Illinois had become the center of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a secret group devoted to supporting the Confederacy. With concern rising about armed southern sympathizers, in August 1862, U.S. Marshal David Phillips arrested several Democrats who allegedly belonged to the Knights, including men in respectable positions: Congressmen, state representatives, and judges. One was Circuit Judge Andrew Duff. They were sent to Washington, DC, where they were held for 68 days before release, but they were never charged. Democrats won across the state in the fall election.