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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sikuriadas83 on 2023-07-06 16:17:08+00:00.

Original Title: TIL when McDonald County, Missouri seceded in 1961 after being left out of tourism brochures, a local group of Civil War re-enactors formed a regiment to defend the Union and marched on McDonald County, leading to the Battle of Noel.