Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels

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And, you are thinking correctly. I was surprised to learn that Hawaii actually sent troops to support the Union during the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln had greatly impressed King Kamehameha V by sending a heartfelt letter of sympathy to him in February of 1864, upon the death of the King's brother.

I just learned this from a new book entitled Here Is Where: Discovering American's Great Forgotten History by Andrew Carroll.