Paducah, KY

Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
McCracken County, KY
Date Type
Confederate troops invade western Kentucky and bring the state's efforts to remain neutral to an end Battles/Soldiers
In Paducah, Kentucky, Union officers clash over the treatment of a local secessionist Battles/Soldiers
Steamer burns on the Ohio River and five lives are lost Crime/Disasters
Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant occupy Paducah, Kentucky on the Ohio River Battles/Soldiers
Burial Place of
Date Title
Seth Concklin to William Still, February 3, 1851
N. R. Johnston to William Still, March 31, 1851
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Treason in Illinois,” June 7, 1861
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
Brigadier-General Charles F. Smith, General Orders No. 36, Paducah, Kentucky, November 27, 1861
John M. Mackenzie to Abraham Lincoln, April 28, 1864, Paducah, Kentucky
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