Columbus, KY

Headnote

COLUMBUS, c. h„ p. v., seat of justice of Hickman co., Ky., 110 ma. s. w. by w. of Frankfort; from W. 837 ms. Watered by Mississippi river. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Hickman County, KY
Date Type
At Columbus, Kentucky, Confederate forces begin the abandonment of "the Gibraltar of the West" Battles/Soldiers
At Columbus, Kentucky, Union forces take possession of "the Gibraltar of the West" Battles/Soldiers
Brigadier General Grant sails from Cairo, Illinois to attack Confederate positions along the Mississippi Battles/Soldiers
Confederate General Leonidas Polk hurt in artillery accident at Columbus, Kentucky, seven others killed Battles/Soldiers
Confederate troops invade western Kentucky and bring the state's efforts to remain neutral to an end Battles/Soldiers
In Mississippi County, Missouri, Brigadier General Grant and his men overrun a Confederate camp at Belmont Battles/Soldiers
Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant occupy Paducah, Kentucky on the Ohio River Battles/Soldiers
Date Title
New Orleans (LA) Picayune, “Quick,” January 2, 1859
Major-General Leonidas Polk, CSA, Report on the Battle at Belmont, November 7, 1861
Brigadier-General U.S. Grant, To the troops of the November 7, 1861 engagement at Belmont, Missouri, November 8, 1861
Brigadier-General U.S. Grant, Report of the November 7, 1861 engagement at Belmont, Missouri, November 12, 1861
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