Civil War Cannon

ID: 1628
This file appears in: Forrest's Raid

Colonel A.P. Thompson was killed in the Battle of Paducah a few miles from his home by cannonball. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Forrest's Raid

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #517 in McCracken County recalls Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest's raid on Paducah in March 1864. The journey to Paducah from western Tennessee began in the spring of…