Fort Anderson
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Fort Anderson at Paducah, Kentucky, was built in 1861 and named for Robert Anderson. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
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Union General Robert Anderson
Historical Marker #534 in Louisville notes the birthplace of Robert Anderson, the commander of Ft. Sumter and the "first Union hero of [the] Civil War."
Born in 1805 at "Soldiers Retreat" in Jefferson County, Anderson was…